New Water Strategy for India

Speaker: Prof. Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor, Shiv Nadar University; and former Member of the Planning Commission
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Contrary to popular belief, the current water crisis in India is amenable to solutions that are both reasonably simple and practically implementable. Based on a radically new understanding of development, this water strategy is absolutely essential, given the emerging reality on the ground in this era of climate change, as also our growing understanding of water and its place in the development process. The talk will summarise the key elements of this water strategy and demonstrate how its implementation can be carried out, based on well-established best practice proofs-of-concept on the ground