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Examine the major causes of groundwater depletion in India.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Resources

India extracts 247.22 BCM against an extractable resource of 407.75 BCM — a stage of extraction of 60.63 per cent — with 730 of 6,762 assessment units over-exploited, concentrated in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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  • Demand-side causes
  • 1. The Green Revolution cropping pattern
  • 2. Zero marginal cost of extraction
  • 3. Technology outrunning the aquifer
  • Supply-side causes
  • …and 6 more sections, with a conclusion

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