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In India, the major source of freshwater is [[1]].


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Groundwater is the primary source of freshwater in India. Around 60% of the water used for irrigation in India comes from groundwater only. Also, about 85% of drinking water comes from groundwater, making India the largest consumer of groundwater in the world. Groundwater is the water stored beneath the earth's surface, which is extracted for various purposes. It can be extracted by various means, like digging bore wells or water wells. Besides groundwater, there are multiple sources of freshwater, for instance, water in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, lakes, rivers, ponds, etc.
 
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