{"id":268005,"date":"2023-11-06T19:27:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=268005"},"modified":"2023-11-06T19:27:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:57:18","slug":"niti-weighs-discontinuing-key-water-report-launched-5-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/niti-weighs-discontinuing-key-water-report-launched-5-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"NITI weighs discontinuing key water report launched 5 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cNITI weighs discontinuing key water report launched 5 years ago\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>\u201cIndian Express\u201d on 6th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

NITI Aayog is said to have marked the Composite Water Management Index\u2019 report for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20 for \u201cinternal use\u201d after having publicly released the previous editions.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Composite Water Management Index?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Started in<\/b><\/td>\n2018<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Started by<\/b><\/td>\nNITI Aayog<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associated Ministries<\/b><\/td>\nWater Resources, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Rural Development<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aim<\/b><\/td>\nTo evaluate and rank the states and Union Territories in India on their management of water resources<\/span>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Objective<\/b><\/td>\nTo enable effective water management in Indian states in the face of this growing crisis.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parameters<\/b><\/td>\nThe index consists of 9 key themes which are
\n<\/span>1.<\/span>Restoration of Water Bodies
\n<\/span>2.Groundwater
\n<\/span>3.Major and Medium Irrigation
\n<\/span>4.Watershed Development
\n<\/span>5.Participatory Irrigation Practices
\n<\/span>6.Sustainable on-form Water Use Practices
\n<\/span>7.Rural Drinking Water
\n<\/span>8.Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
\n<\/span>9.Policy and Governance.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What does the latest Composite Water Management Index report say?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The <\/span>latest Composite Water Management Index report <\/span>maps the performance of states for 2018-19 and 2019-20.According to the report:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Water scarcity is a \u201cnational problem\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The average annual per capita water availability is expected to reduce to 1,486 cubic meters per person per year by 2021 from 1,545 cubic meters per person per year in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Note: <\/b>As per the annual water availability norms, the availability value of less than 1,700 cubic meter\/person\/year indicates water shortage. Water availability below 1,000 cubic metre\/ capita\/ year is considered as \u201cscarcity\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Gujarat tops the list with continuous improvements year on year. It is closely followed by Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in terms of performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Reports\/Index<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cNITI weighs discontinuing key water report launched 5 years ago\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 6th November 2023 Why in the News? NITI Aayog is said to have marked the Composite Water Management Index\u2019 report for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20 for \u201cinternal use\u201d after having publicly… Continue reading NITI weighs discontinuing key water report launched 5 years ago<\/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":[1566,1305,1],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-268005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":8,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699315199},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268005","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=268005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}