A review of India's water policy and implementation toward a sustainable future

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cg.contributor.affiliationIndian Institute of Technology Indoreen
cg.contributor.donorDepartment of Science and Technology, Government of Indiaen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2025.560en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053524
cg.identifier.urlhttps://iwaponline.com/jwcc/article-pdf/16/2/493/1536557/jwc2025560.pdfen
cg.issn2040-2244en
cg.journalJournal of Water and Climate Changeen
dc.contributor.authorSingh, S.en
dc.contributor.authorGoyal, M. K.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-12T05:43:35Zen
dc.date.available2025-03-12T05:43:35Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173581
dc.titleA review of India's water policy and implementation toward a sustainable futureen
dcterms.abstractIndia is one of the most significant economies globally, and the sustainable use of this priceless resource depends considerably on its water supplies. Moreover, a rural and monsoon-dependent nation faces water scarcity challenges, fueling potential conflicts among sectors and regions while intensifying challenges to food security and livelihoods. This paper conducts a chronological review of India's evolving water supply policies, assessing their impact, identifying gaps in policy implementation, and striving to provide insights for the country's future development of equal and sustainable access to water. In this context, integrating artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in smart water management systems, presents promising implications for improving water supply efficiency and optimizing service delivery processes, proving indispensable in addressing water-related challenges, particularly in regions like India. It could detect and mitigate water losses within distribution systems, providing practical water purification, distribution, and conservation solutions. This review paper also discovered that the Practical Integrated Water Resource Management approach emphasizes decentralized management of water resources and advocates for more efficient, context-specific, and locally tailored solutions for assessing the water resource system for implementing water policy. This approach further leads to minimizing the water scarcity problem in a particular area or region.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSingh, S.; Goyal, M. K. 2025. A review of India's water policy and implementation toward a sustainable future. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 16(2):493–510. [doi:https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2025.560]en
dcterms.issued2025-01-27
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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