India, Dec. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
In the UT of Puducherry, the Pondicherry Ground Water Authority has been regulating groundwater extraction by way of issuing permits/renewals to the groundwater users. As per information received from the State Government, the Government of Puducherry has issued G.O. Ms. No. 2/Ag, Puducherry dated 12.04.2023, published in Gazette No. 41 dated 18.04.2023, for this purpose which supersedes the previous Government order with respect to fees and related provisions. The G.O. is modelled on the Ground water Extraction Guidelines dated 24.09.2020 notified by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), M/o Jal Shakti.
As per the information received from State Government of Puducherry,...