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PWRDA fee and charge estimators — extraction charges, application fees, groundwater compensation (GCC), and non-compliance penalties.

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Table 4.1 — Application fees

Non-refundable fees by application type and permitted monthly volume.

S.No.Nature of applicationUp to 1,500> 1,500 up to 15,000> 15,000 up to 75,000Above 75,000
1Permission, renewal or amendment in volume of water extraction1,0002,50010,00050,000
2Correction, name change in the permission granted5001,0002,5005,000
3Revocation, transfer or amalgamation of permission5001,0002,5005,000
4Registration of extraction structure, or modification thereof5001,0005,00010,000
5Permission for drilling rig, renewal or amendment10,000 (flat fee)
6Permission for water tanker, renewal or amendment2,500 (flat fee)

Table 4.1 — non-refundable application fees (₹). For permission applications, security deposit = 2 × monthly groundwater extraction charge (Table 4.2).

Table 4.1

Application Fees

Look up application fees from Table 4.1 by nature of application and permitted monthly extraction volume.

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