{"id":135873,"date":"2021-09-21T19:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T13:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=135873"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T11:09:54","slug":"a-new-water-policy-for-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-new-water-policy-for-india\/","title":{"rendered":"A new water policy for India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Synopsis:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Article discusses the need of new water policy in India while listing some directions based on which water policy can be drafted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

In 2019,\u00a0the Ministry of Jal Shakti set up a committee to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP). The earlier NWPs of 1987, 2002 and 2012 were drafted entirely within the government system\u00a0based on \u201ccommand-and-control\u201d approach towards nature. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is the first time that the government decided to set up a\u00a0<\/span>committee of independent experts<\/span><\/b>\u00a0to draft the policy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The committee received suggestions from various experts, academics, practitioners and stakeholders.\u00a0It found consensus in the\u00a0various consensus\u00a0received. It\u00a0clearly shows that we need a\u00a0new paradigm of\u00a0water management and governance to deal with the water crisis\u00a0in the 21<\/span>st<\/span>\u00a0century.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What does the water crisis teach us?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

It’s teaching us that we need to respect the nature<\/strong> and think equally of others. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nature is reminding us to acknowledge, with humility, our quintessential equality and inter-dependency. We need to protect Mother Nature, re-orient the development models and consumerism-driven lifestyles. <\/span><\/p>\n

We are living in an inter-connected world. Furthermore, we cannot continue with business-as-usual approach<\/strong> in the search for development and modernisation as every action impacts the environment.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Till now, we failed to recognize that the economy is a small part of the larger ecosystem. This is the time we need to acknowledge the inter-connectedness and inter-dependence of the world<\/strong> where we live in. <\/span><\/p>\n

For that, we need to be humble in our approach to natural systems. We also need to recognize that prakriti rakshati rakshita <\/strong><\/span>(Nature protects those who protect her<\/span><\/b>).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the five\u00a0water reforms\u00a0that are guiding the NWP?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

The\u00a0five key water reforms enunciated by the prime minister\u00a0are:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First<\/b><\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0the need to break down the silos into which we have divided water;\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Second<\/em>,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0respect for the immense diversity of India while planning for water;\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Third<\/em>,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0greater focus on management and distribution of water;\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fourth<\/em>,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0higher priority to recycling and reuse of water; and\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fifth<\/b><\/em>,\u00a0raising people\u2019s awareness and people\u2019s participation in management of water.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Final approval of the NWP\u00a0rests with the National Water Resources Council, which is chaired by the prime minister and includes all chief ministers as members.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:<\/span><\/b> This post is based on the article “<\/span>A new water policy for India<\/span><\/b>” published in the<\/span>\u00a0Business Standard\u00a0<\/span><\/b>on\u00a0<\/span>20th September 2021.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Synopsis:\u00a0Article discusses the need of new water policy in India while listing some directions based on which water policy can be drafted.\u00a0 Introduction\u00a0 In 2019,\u00a0the Ministry of Jal Shakti set up a committee to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP). The earlier NWPs of 1987, 2002 and 2012 were drafted entirely within the government… Continue reading A new water policy for India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[8782,212,9883,286],"class_list":["post-135873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-government-policies-and-interventions","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-new-water-policy","tag-water-crisis","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}