摘要：The possible effects of climate change on India’s surface and ground water resources may impart huge pressure on existing water management strategies in the coming decades. Recent studies have shown that the per capita annual water availability in India has considerably reduced from 1820 m* (2001 statistics) to 1703.6 m3 (2005, statistics) within a limited period; and this value is very close to the water stress threshold value of 1700 m3 [1,2]. India is the largest ground water user in world (230 cubic kilometers per year; which is more than one quarter of the global total), with groundwater providing more than 85% of rural drinking water supplies and more than 60% of agriculture water [3]. This indicates India’s huge dependence on its ground water reserves. Some of the recent studies have highlighted the fact that nearly 29 percent of groundwater blocks in the country fall under the semi-critical, critical, or overexploited categories [2,3]. Considering this alarming fact, the Planning Commission of India has constituted an expert group to identify sustainable management strategies for groundwater use and to provide technical support to enhance outcomes of management interventions.
关键词：Climate Change; Water Cycle; Indian; Research.
