National Water Mission

 
Lok Sabha 

The National Action plan on Climate Change has been released in June 2008 which envisages institutionalization of eight national missions. National Water Mission is one of the eight identified national missions. Ministry of Water Resources has prepared the draft comprehensive Mission Document for National Water Mission through a consultative process. The objective of National Water Mission is "conservation of water, minimizing wastage and ensuring its more equitable distribution both across and within States through integrated water resources management". 

Five goals identified for the National Water Mission are (i) Comprehensive water data base in public domain and assessment of the impact of climate change on water resources, (ii) Promotion of citizen and state actions for water conservation, augmentation and preservation, (iii) Focused attention on over over-exploited areas, (iv) Increasing water use efficiency by 20%; and (v) Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management. 
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources, Shri Vincent H. Pala in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.