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Title: India facing worst-ever water crisis: Niti Aayog
Source:Mint
Date:14 June 2018

India is facing the worst water crisis in its history and millions of lives and livelihoods are under threat, federal policy think tank Niti Aayog said. About 600 million face high to extreme water stress and about 200,000 people die every year because of inadequate access to safe water, a crisis that will only get worse, the think tank said in a document that ranked states in their efforts at optimal use and management of the resource.“By 2030, India’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply, implying severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual 6% loss in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP),” said the document, titled Composite water management index’, released on 14 June 2018.




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