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What are the steps taken by the Indian government to conserve water

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Steps taken by the Central Government to control water depletion and promote rain water harvesting / conservation.
1. Hon’ble Prime Minister has written a letter to all sarpanchs on 08.06.2019 regarding the importance of water conservation and harvesting and exhorted them to adopt all appropriate measures to make water conservation a mass movement.
2. Creation of a new Ministry of Jal Shakti for dealing with all matters relating to water at one place in an integrated manner.
3. The National Water Policy (2012) has been formulated by Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, inter-alia, advocates rain water harvesting and conservation of water and highlights the need for augmenting the availability of water through direct use of rainfall. It also, inter-alia, advocates conservation of river, river bodies and infrastructure should be undertaken in a scientifically planned manner through community participation. Further, encroachment and diversion of water bodies and drainage channels must not be allowed and wherever, it has taken place, it should be restored to the extent feasible and maintained properly.
4. In compliance to the decision taken by the Committee of Secretaries, an ‘Inter-Ministerial Committee’ under the Chairmanship of Secretary(WR, RD & GR) has been constituted to take forward the subject of ‘Push on Water Conservation Related Activities for Optimum Utilization of Monsoon Rainfall’.

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