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06 January, 2024
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Water Governance poses one of the biggest challenges in modern-day India that looks out for definitive solutions.
Every place and every community have their unique stories and problems associated with water, wherein the governance addresses complications of the governor than the benefits of the governed.
How this scare water resource is to be allocated? How to generate livelihood in the food-energy nexus? How to keep the order of the biosphere balanced.
Key aspects of water governance:
The key aspects of an effective system of water governance in a water blessed country which includes a comprehensive policy followed by an Action Plan to formulate the policy.
Need to emphasized on the importance of resource literacy on water and building institutions in line with framed policies.
Experts prescribed the top-down approach and definition of ‘per capita availability’ to be rechecked and substituted with a bottom-up approach and relevant definitions, that is, a more localized treatment of governing water.
India aspires to become the 2nd largest economy by 2047 which will have an enormous impact on the use of water resources and thus highlights the need for effective water governance.
Need for water governance – India is a water stressed country due to erratic rainfall and excess removal of groundwater
At 1.4 billion, India accounts 17.5% of the world’s population but has only 4% of the fresh water resources. The per capita annual fresh water availability has gone down from 5177 cu m (1951) to 1486 cu m (2019).
What is the significance of water governance?
Top performers of G20 in Water Management |
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What are challenges in water governance?
Water – 7th Schedule of Indian Constitution |
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State List |
Shipping and Navigation |
On inland, tidal and national waterways |
On inland waterways |
Carriage of goods & passengers |
By sea or in national waterways |
By inland waterways |
Fishing & fisheries |
Beyond territorial waters |
Within state boundary |
Regulation on |
Training and education of mercantile marines by states and other agencies and develop interstate rivers and river valleys |
Taxes on goods and passengers carried by road/ inland waterways |
What is the agenda for action?
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