Read the following statements about water demand and utilisation in India carefully and identify the correct statements.

(A) Agriculture is the largest sector to utilise water for irrigation.
(B) Agriculture accounts for little less than 60% of surface water utilisation.
(C) Only 2% of surface water is utilised by industrial sector
(D) About 9% of surface water is utilised in domestic sector

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C) and (D) only

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C) and (D) only

Agriculture accounts for most of the surface and groundwater utilisation (A), it accounts for 89 per cent of the surface water and 92 per cent of the groundwater utilisation (B). While the share of industrial sector is limited to 2 per cent of the surface water utilisation(C) and 5 per cent of the ground-water, the share of domestic sector is higher (9 per cent) in surface water utilisation as compared to groundwater (D). The share of agricultural sector in total water utilisation is much higher than other sectors.