Uttar Pradesh Ground Water (Management and Regulation) Act, 2019

Contents

• Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
• Section 2 – Definitions
• Section 3 – Gram Panchayat Ground Water Sub-Committee
• Section 4 – Block Panchayat Ground Water Management Committee
• Section 5 – Municipal Water Management Committee
• Section 6 – District Ground Water Management Council (preview)
• Section 7 – State Ground Water Management and Regulatory Authority (preview)
• Section 8 – Duties of Ground Water Department (preview)
• Section 9 – Powers to notify areas for management and regulation of ground water resources (preview)
• Section 10 – Registration of Users in Notified Areas (preview)
• Section 11 – Registration of Existing Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructural and Bulk Users of Ground Water in Nonnotified Areas (preview)
• Section 12 – Ban on new well construction in Notified Areas (preview)
• Section 13 – Preparation and implementation of Ground Water Security Plans in Notified areas (preview)
• Section 14 – Grant of Authorization for Ground Water abstraction in Non-notified areas (preview)
• Section 15 – ‘Fixing of limit for abstraction of Ground Water for Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructural or Bulk users of ground water (preview)
• Section 16 – Fee on Ground Water extraction/drawl (preview)
• Section 17 – Registration of drilling agencies (preview)
• Section 18 – Powers of the Authority in Notified and Non-notified areas for any user of Ground Water (preview)
• Section 19 – Service of orders, etc (preview)
• Section 20 – Bar to claim compensation (preview)
• Section 21 – Delegation of powers and duties (preview)
• Section 22 – Employees of the Authority to be Public Servants (preview)
• Section 23 – Protection against action taken in good faith (preview)
• Section 24 – Demarcation and protection of ground water quality sensitive zones (preview)
• Section 25 – Collection of information related to Ground Water pollution/ contamination (preview)
• Section 26 – Ground Water Pollution control measures (preview)
• Section 27 – Prohibition on use of well for disposal of polluting matter etc. into the Aquifers (preview)
• Section 28 – Ban on direct recharging from open areas into the aquifers (preview)
• Section 29 – Prohibition on polluting ponds, rivers, wells, etc (preview)
• Section 30 – Self regulation (preview)
• Section 31 – Rain water harvesting, groundwater recharge and catchment conservation (preview)
• Section 32 – Recycling and re-use of Ground Water (preview)
• Section 33 – Prevention and mitigation of water logging (preview)
• Section 34 – Revival and Rejuvenation of rivers, ponds, wells, etc (preview)
• Section 35 – Impact Assessment (preview)
• Section 36 – Transparency Systems (preview)
• Section 37 – Duties of proactive disclosure (preview)
• Section 38 – Information to be kept in Public Domain (preview)
• Section 39 – Offences and penalties (preview)
• Section 40 – Offences by Companies (preview)
• Section 41 – Compounding of offences (preview)
• Section 42 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
• Section 43 – Ground Water Grievance Redressal Officer (preview)
• Section 44 – Jurisdiction and powers of Groundwater Grievance Redressal Officer (preview)
• Section 45 – Power of the appropriate authorities to call for information (preview)
• Section 46 – Powers of the appropriate authorities to remove wells dug in contravention of the Act (preview)
• Section 47 – Pre-existing rights (preview)
• Section 48 – Ground Water Fund (preview)
• Section 49 – Power of the State Government to make Rules (preview)
• Section 50 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
• Section 51 – Powers of the State Government to exempt any user/ cases (preview)
• Section 52 – Effect of this Act on other Laws (preview)