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Discuss the freshwater crisis in India and prepare a blueprint for its sustainable management.

  • UPSC 2017
  • Resources

India holds about four per cent of world freshwater for eighteen per cent of world population. Of 1,869 BCM total resources only 1,123 BCM is utilisable — 690 surface and 433 groundwater.

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  • The anatomy of the crisis
  • Quantity
  • Distribution
  • Groundwater
  • Quality and allocation
  • Blueprint for sustainable management
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