On the directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 10th December, 1996 passed in Civil writ Petition No 4677 of 1985, MC Mehta Vs Union of India, the Central Government had constituted the Central Ground Water Board as Authority vide notification number S.O. 38 (E), dated the 14th January, 1997 to exercise powers under sub section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) act, 1986 (29 of 1986) for the purposes of regulation and control of Ground Water Management and Development and to exercise certain powers and perform certain functions as per the said Act.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/guidelines-regulate-and-control-ground-water-extraction-india-0
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/CGWA_GWExtraction_Notification.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ministry-jal-shakti
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-regulation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
