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Indian water policy

Indian water policy is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Indian water policy rather than just read about it. In short: National Water Policy is formulated by the Ministry of Water Resources of the Government of India to govern the planning and development of water resources and their optimum utilization. The first National Water Policy was adopted in September, 1987.

Key takeaways

Indian water policy belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Indian water policy to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Indian water policy from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

National Water Policy is formulated by the Ministry of Water Resources of the Government of India to govern the planning and development of water resources and their optimum utilization. The first National Water Policy was adopted in September, 1987. It was reviewed and updated in 2002 and later in 2012. India accounts for 18% of the world population and about 4% of the world’s water resources. One of the solutions to solve the country’s water woes is to create Indian Rivers Inter-link.c India has been successful in creating live water storage capacity of about 253 billion cubic meter (BCM) so far. In a first, the ecological needs of river have also been taken into consideration.

Salient features The major provisions under the policy are:

Envisages to establish a standardized national information system with a network of data banks and data bases . Resource planning and recycling for providing maximum availability. To give importance to the impact of projects on human settlements and environment. Guidelines for the safety of storage dams and other water-related structures. Regulate exploitation of groundwater . Setting water allocation priorities in the following order: Drinking water, Irrigation, Hydropower, Navigation, Industrial and other uses. The water rates for surface water and ground water should be rationalized with due regard to the interests of small and marginal farmers. The policy also deals with participation of farmers and voluntary agencies, water quality, water zoning, conservation of water, flood and drought management, erosion etc.

National Water Policy 2012 The main emphasis of National Water Policy 2012 is to treat water as economic good which the ministry claims to promote its conservation and efficient use. This provision intended for the privatization of water-delivery services is being criticized from various quarters. The policy also does away with the priorities for water allocation mentioned in 1987 and 2002 versions of the policy. The policy was adopted with a disapproval from many states.

Criticism

See also Interstate River Water Disputes Act Ground water in India Irrigation in India Water resources in India Water scarcity in India Water supply and sanitation in India Water pollution in India

References

External links National Water Policy (Ministry of Water Resources Site) Prime Minister of India during India Water Week 2012 Water: Towards a Paradigm Shift in the Twelfth Plan, Planning Commission by Mihir Shah Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine IWMI Research report nos # 1, 3, 14, 56, 72, 83, 107, 111, 121, 123, 125 etc. Indian climate change from Harappa period.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Indian water policy

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Indian water policy claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Indian water policy before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Indian water policy ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Indian water policy

In research: Indian water policy appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Indian water policy in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Indian water policy is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Environmental law in India, Inter-state disputes in India, Ministry of Water Resources (India), so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Indian water policy outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Indian water policy in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Indian water policy means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Indian water policy in simple terms?

Why does Indian water policy matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Indian water policy?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Indian water policy.