Minister for Jal Shakti has informed that a specific National Policy toward protecting natural and man-made step wells, ports, ponds, tanks or lakes is being discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n At present, the National Water Policy – 2012 is in effect which contains provisions regarding these <\/span>Natural and Man-Made Water Bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n Further, the Archeological Survey of India(ASI) takes up the works as per National Conservation Policy 2014 for renovation and restoration of natural and man-made step wells, ports, ponds, tanks or lakes.<\/span><\/p>\n Note:<\/b> Water is a State subject. Hence, conservation and efficient management of water resources are primarily undertaken by the respective State Governments. But the Central Government provides inputs and funding.<\/span><\/p>\n The policy aims to assess the existing situation and proposes a framework for a plan of action with a unified national perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n The key provisions of the policy are:<\/b> 1)<\/strong> Emphasis on the need for a national water framework law, 2)<\/strong> Water after meeting the pre-emptive needs should be treated as an economic good, 3)<\/strong> Adaptation strategies in view of climate change, 4)<\/strong> Setting up of Water Regulatory Authority, 5)<\/strong> Incentivization of recycling and reuse, 6)<\/strong> Removal of the large disparity in stipulations for water supply in urban areas and in rural areas, 7)<\/strong> Water resources projects and services should be managed with community participation and 8)<\/strong> Adequate grants to the States to update technology.<\/span><\/p>\n Source<\/b>: This post is based on the article \u201cNational Policy for Natural and Man-Made Water Bodies\u201d <\/b>published in PIB <\/b>on 8th Feb 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Minister for Jal Shakti has informed that a specific National Policy toward protecting natural and man-made step wells, ports, ponds, tanks or lakes is being discussed. Which policy is currently there to protect the Natural and Man-Made Water Bodies? At present, the National Water Policy – 2012 is in effect which… Continue reading National Policy for Natural and Man-Made Water Bodies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"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-167200","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":1703052737},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167200","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\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Which policy is currently there to protect the <\/b>Natural and Man-Made Water Bodies?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What is National Water Policy, 2012?<\/b><\/h5>\n