"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?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
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."