Emerging New Concept Of Water Neutrality Which Aligning India's Water Resource Policies With Sdgs

Abstract: The impending climate change and the rapidly depleting water tables have serious direct and indirect implications that would lead to social and economic issues across highly vulnerable countries such as India. Given the this scenario of rising resource challenge, it is important to adopt strategies that can enable progress to an improved water scenario. Countries like India face challenges in managing water for irrigation, leading to overexploitation of groundwater resources. Indian industry and population can increasingly play a pivotal role through to ensure water resources are managed responsibly, sustainably, and equitably. Attaining water neutral/water positive status is a journey that calls for collective accountability and responsible actions. Water neutrality is defined as reducing an activity’s water footprint as much as reasonably possible while offsetting the negative externalities of the remaining water footprint. Internationally and Partnerships between Central Government, State Government, and ground- level institutions with involvement of all primary stakeholders including local communities in the collective endeavour of participatory water governance. India has several comprehensive national level laws, policies and programmes, and the formulation is an ongoing process, with several legislative proposals and executive policies for resolved water stress and scarcity with participation of united nations sustainable goals.