National Water Mission, Volume I of II, 2011 (India)

The main objective of the National Water Mission is “conservation of water, minimizing wastage and ensuring its more equitable distribution both across and within States through integrated water resources development and management.” The five identified goals of the Mission are: 

1. Comprehensive water data base in public domain and assessment of impact of climate change on water resource.
2. Promotion of citizen and state action for water conservation, augmentation and preservation.
3. Focused attention to vulnerable areas including over-exploited areas.
4. Increasing water use efficiency by 20%.
5. Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management. 

Various strategies for achieving the goals have been identified which lead to integrated planning for sustainable development and efficient management with active participation of the stakeholders after identifying and evaluating the development scenario and management practices towards better acceptability on the basis of assessment of the impacts of climate change on water resources based on reliable data and information.

Volume I of the Mission discusses its objectives, goals and strategies, monitoring and evaluation mechanism, institutional setup and plan of action, research and development and capacity building, prioritization of strategies, outline of plan for operationalization and fund requirements.