the Bihar Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Legislation, 2006, has been recently approved by the state assembly during its winter session. Another water-endowed state, Uttar Pradesh, is expected to follow. It has prepared a bill on the same lines. They also plan to ban boring without permission in regions where there has been a rapid depletion in the groundwater table.

Under the provisions of the Bihar act, a groundwater authority under a senior officer will regulate exploitation of groundwater resources, while the Central Ground Water Authority (cgwa) will help the state government in identifying overexploited areas and create