TNPSC Thervupettagam

India’s Water Resources Assessment 2024

December 20 , 2024 16 hrs 0 min 31 0
  • The Central Water Commission (CWC) has released its study titled ‘Assessment of Water Resources of India 2024’.
  • It has estimated that India’s average annual water availability, between 1985 and 2023, stood at 2,115.95 billion cubic meters (BCM).
  • Brahmaputra (592.32 BCM), Ganga (581.75 BCM), and Godavari (129.17 BCM) were the top three basins with the highest water availability across the country.
  • Sabarmati (9.87 BCM), Pennar (10.42 BCM), and Mahi (13.03 BCM) were bottom three basins in terms of water availability.
  • The average annual per capita water availability for the year 2024 is 1,513 cubic meters.

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