{"id":159656,"date":"2022-01-08T20:34:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=159656"},"modified":"2022-01-08T20:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:04:35","slug":"union-jal-shakti-minister-announces-3rd-national-water-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-jal-shakti-minister-announces-3rd-national-water-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Jal Shakti Minister Announces 3rd National Water Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><strong>What is the news?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Ministry of Jal Shakti has recently announced the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> National Water Awards-2020.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the significance of water for India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India has more than 18% of the world\u2019s population but has only 4% of the world\u2019s renewable water resources. India\u2019s current water requirement is estimated to be around 1,100 billion cubic meters per year, which can go up to 1,447 billion cubic meters by 2050.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/6th-india-water-impact-summit-concludes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6th India Water Impact Summit Concludes<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>About National Water Awards<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>It was <strong>first launched by the Jal Shakti Ministry in 2018<\/strong>. Award has been given under 11 different categories &#8211; Best State, Best District, Best Village Panchayat, Best Urban Local Body, Best Media (Print &amp; Electronic), Best School, etc. Winners will be awarded a citation, trophy and cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>Under the 3rd National Water Awards, <strong>Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu<\/strong> enlisted as top three under the <strong>Best State\u00a0<\/strong>category.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-cag-report-exposes-wide-gap-between-indias-groundwater-management-regulations-implementation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New CAG report exposes wide gap between India\u2019s groundwater management regulations &amp; implementation<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>What is the objective of the National Water Awards?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>It was introduced to recognize and encourage meritorious work and efforts made by States, individuals, organizations, etc across India in attaining the government\u2019s vision of a <strong>\u2018Jal Samridh Bharat\u2019<\/strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em>Under this, stakeholders are encouraged to adopt a holistic approach towards water resources management in the country.<\/p>\n<p>National Water Awards strives to create awareness among the people about the importance of water and attempts to motivate them to adopt best water usage practices.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-must-prepare-for-changes-in-the-great-himalayan-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India must prepare for changes in the great Himalayan water<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>This post is based on the article &#8220;<strong>Union Jal Shakti Minister Announces 3rd National Water Awards&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>published in\u00a0<strong>the PIB <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>7th January 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news? Ministry of Jal Shakti has recently announced the 3rd National Water Awards-2020. What is the significance of water for India? India has more than 18% of the world\u2019s population but has only 4% of the world\u2019s renewable water resources. India\u2019s current water requirement is estimated to be around 1,100 billion cubic&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-jal-shakti-minister-announces-3rd-national-water-awards\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Union Jal Shakti Minister Announces 3rd National Water Awards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-159656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704826299},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159656","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\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}