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1. Atal Bhujal
Yojana

2. Atal BhujalYojana
Atal Bhujal Yojana(or,Atal Jal,litAtal Groundwater
Scheme or Atal Water) is a groundwater management
scheme
Launched by Prime MinisterNarendra Modion the
95th birth anniversary of former Prime MinisterAtal
Bihari Vajpayee, on 25 December 2019.
The purpose of the scheme is to improve groundwater
management in seven states of India.

3. Atal Bhujal
Yojana
•The goal of Atal BhujalYojana (Atal Jal)
is to demonstrate community-led
sustainable groundwater management
which can be taken to scale.
•The major objective of the Scheme is
to improve the management of
groundwater resources in select water-
stressed areas in identified states viz.
Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and
Uttar Pradesh.

4. Atal Bhujal Yojana
Atal Jal is targeted at sustainable groundwater management,
mainly through convergence among various ongoing schemes
with the active involvement of local communities and
stakeholders and focus on demand side management.
This will ensure that in the Scheme area, the funds allocated by
the Central and State governments are spent judiciously to
ensure the long-term sustainability of groundwater resources.
The scheme has been designed with the principal objective of
strengthening the institutional framework for participatory
groundwater management.
It also aims at bringing about behavioral change at the
community level through awareness programs and capacity
building for fostering sustainable groundwater management in
the participating States.