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| Providing drinking water to all human beings and animals is the first priority according to which of the following policy in India? |
National Watershed management Policy 1988 The National Water Policy 2002 National Water Management policy of 2004 The Water Cess Act, 1977 |
| The National Water Policy 2002 |
| The National Water Policy 2002 stipulates water allocation priorities broadly in the following order: drinking water; irrigation, hydro-power, navigation, industrial and other uses. The policy stipulates progressive new approaches to water management. Key features include: • Irrigation and multi-purpose projects should invariably include drinking water component, wherever there is no alternative source of drinking water. • Providing drinking water to all human beings and animals should be the first priority. |
