<h1>Groundwater management financing supports community-led Water Security Plans and channels funds to local governments for implementation.</h1> The Government of India and the World Bank executed an IBRD loan to finance the Atal Bhujal Yojana, targeting groundwater depletion and institutional strengthening across seven states and 78 districts. The programme funds aquifer recharge, water harvesting, crop alignment, micro irrigation, and technology enabled monitoring; establishes community led Water Security Plans and water budgets; and channels a large portion of funds to local governments as performance linked incentives while retaining funds for technical assistance and institutional capacity building.