India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Water being a State subject, the issues related to development, regulation and management of ground water is primarily the responsibility of the state governments. The Central Government provides technical support and financial assistance through its institutions to complement the efforts of the states. In this regard, the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) is implementing several projects and schemes to continuously monitor and improve the ground water levels in the country whose brief outline is given below:

Regarding deepening/rejuvenating the water bodies for increasing the storage capacity:

The Ministry is constantly exploring and harnessing new technologies for cleaning of r...