Which state government has launched the CHHATA scheme to improve groundwater table in September 2022?

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 03 Dec 2022 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Odisha.Key Points

The Odisha govt has launched a rainwater harvesting scheme named ‘Community Harnessing and Harvesting Rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA)’.
It has been conceptualized to address the increasing stress on groundwater and to improve the depleting groundwater table.
Under the scheme, a target has been set to harvest 373.52 crore liters of water in five years.

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The Indian state Odisha was established on 1 April 1936.
The organization Utkal Sammilani was formed in 1903 to demand the unification of Odia-speaking regions into one state.
The Province of Bihar and Orissa was formed on 1 April 1912.
Bihar and Orissa were subdivided into separate provinces on 1 April 1936.
The new Province of Orissa was created on a linguistic basis during the British rule in India, with Sir John Austen Hubback as the first governor.
On 15 August 1947, the agreement to join Orissa was signed by 27 princely States.