Assertion:  Of the total net irrigated area 76.1 per cent in Haryana and 51.3 per cent in Punjab are irrigated through wells and tube wells.
Reasoning: These states utilise large proportion of their groundwater potential which has resulted in groundwater depletion in these states.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

In Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, more than 85 per cent of their net sown area is under irrigation. Wheat and rice are grown mainly with the help of irrigation in these states. Of the total net irrigated area 76.1 per cent in Punjab and 51.3 per cent in Haryana are irrigated through wells and tubewells. This shows that these states utilise large proportion of their groundwater potential which has resulted in groundwater depletion in these states