***      Rs. 10000 (Fresh NOC)/ Rs. 5000 (Renewal) Processing Fee is Mandatory      ******  Ground Water Abstraction/ Restoration Charges is introduced  ***  All applications are hereby informed that henceforth no hard copies will be accepted by Regional Offices as well as CGWA, Delhi.     ***      In future all compliance reports, ground water level and quality data, ground water abstraction data, impact assessment reports etc and replies to queries raised by Regional Office or CGWA may be sent by mail in PDF format only    *** 

*All the project proponents are hereby advised that they shall not deposit any charges (Groundwater abstraction/Restoration/Penalty/Environmental Compensation) in advance without any confirmation/or mail from Central Ground Water Authority.* All the applicants are hereby informed that w.e.f 9.07.2021, all the applications for NOC should be complete in all respects including Impact assessment report/Comprehensive hydrogeological report/water audit report for renewal cases and other mandatory documents as per the notified CGWA guidelines. Incomplete application received after 9.07.2021 will not be accepted and summarily rejected without any prior notice to the applicant.


All proponents/users are hereby informed that as per the guidelines they should submit the Impact assessment Report/Water Audit Report strictly in the format available on the NOCAP portal of CGWA by the accredited consultants/certified water auditors. It is also advised that applicants who have already submitted their application will submit their reports through email only. Those who are yet to submit the application will attach soft copy of the report along with the application. No Hard copy of reports will be accepted.

All Haryana pending/new/renewal cases will be dealt by HWRA only. Users from Haryana need not deposit Abstraction charges in the Bharatkosh after this notice.

Project Proponents from Punjab State are informed that Punjab Government has started regulation of Ground Water, hence CGWA NOCAP Portal has stopped processing of already existing applications, as well as accepting fresh and renewal applications for Projects in Punjab. For further information All Project Proponents of Punjab are advised to visit www.punjab.gov.in & www.irrigation.punjab.gov.in . The Secretary, Punjab water Regulation and Development Authority, SCO 149-152, 3rd floor Sector 17C,Chandigarh - 160017 email: chairperson.pwrda@punjab.gov.in

All the applicants have to submit Udyog Aadhar/Udhyam/MSME certificate to the concerned Regional Offices of Central Ground Water Board if their project area falls in over exploited category as per GWRE 2017 and their groundwater withdrawal is less than 10 cum/day as per the new guidelines..