Atal Bhujal Yojana Water Conservation and Recharge Structures

under implementation

The Atal Bhujal Yojana is a government program launched in 2019 to promote water budgeting as a tool for decentralized water governance at the Gram Panchayat level. It is implemented on a pilot basis across 229 blocks in seven groundwater-stressed states in India. The scheme promotes revival and strengthening of traditional water conservation systems and has created or restored approximately 81,700 water conservation and recharge structures as of March 2026. It mandates the annual preparation and updating of water budgets, with 8,203 budgets completed across participating Gram Panchayats.