NITI AAYOG WATER INDEX REPORT ANALYSIS

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A report has been published by NITI (National Institute for Transforming India) Aayog on the water crisis which India is facing in its current scenario. Around 600 million people of India are facing high to extreme water scarcity stress, 2 lac people die every year due to inappropriate and inadequate supply of fresh and safe water. According to this report India will see worst ever water crisis in it's history and the situation is going to be worse. 75% household do not have drinking water on premise. 84% rural households do not have piped water access. 70% of our water is contaminated, India ranks 120 out of 122 countries in water quality index

As per the report of NITI Aayog in year 2030 the water demand is likely to be twice the available water which will eventually create a water scarcity for hundreds and millions of people which can lead to a down of  6% of GDP. As per the report of National Commission for Integrated Water Resource Development of MoWR ( Ministry of Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) in 2050 the water usage in highly consumable area  is likely to be 1,180 BCM (Billion Cubic Meter) and the present supply is only 695 BCM. The total availability of water is 1,137 BCM which is still lower than the requirement.

WATER MANAGEMENT OF STATES 

These are some state on water management performing high, medium, low

State which have face drought in the past years are ranked good in water management index like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana as the action taken by these state are subsequently good.

KEY AREA TO IMPROVE ON

i. Source augmentation and restoration of water bodies

ii. Source augmentation (Groundwater)

iii. Major and medium irrigation—Supply side management

iv. Watershed development—Supply side management,

v. Participatory irrigation practices—Demand side management

vi. Sustainable on-farm water use practices—Demand side management

vii. Rural drinking water

viii. Urban water supply and sanitation, and

ix. Policy and governance

Population is also causing main major problem in water scarcity many lakes and ponds are filling up and building are being made these all scenario are being seen in Chennai where water scarcity is a major issue many IT company telling there employees to stay at home as water used in flushing is wasted in huge amount.