"Water, after meeting the pre-emptive needs for safe drinking water and sanitation, achieving food security, supporting poor people dependent on agriculture for their livelihood and high priority allocation for minimum eco-system needs, be treated as economic good so as to promote its conservation and efficient use."

This is the feature of which of the following policy?

The National Water Policy 2012

The correct answer is Option 2: The National Water Policy 2012

NCERT: " Some of the salient features of national water policy 2012 are:

• Emphasis on the need for a national water framework law, comprehensive legislation for optimum development of inter-State rivers and river valleys.

• Water, after meeting the pre-emptive needs for safe drinking water and sanitation, achieving food security, supporting poor people dependent on agriculture for their livelihood and high priority allocation for minimum eco-system needs, be treated as economic good so as to promote its conservation and efficient use.

• Adaptation strategies in view of climate change for designing and management of water resources structures and review of acceptability criteria has been emphasized.

• A system to evolve benchmarks for water uses for different purposes, i.e., water footprints, and water auditing be developed to ensure efficient use of water.

• Removal of large disparity in stipulations for water supply in urban areas and in rural areas has been recommended.

• Water resources projects and services should be managed with community participation."