About
- The index is released by NITI Aayog. This is the second such index given by NITI Aayog, the earlier being given in 2018.
Key Highlights
| S. no. | Theme | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Source augmentation and restoration of water bodies | 5 |
| 2 | Source augmentation (Groundwater) | 15 |
| 3 | Major and medium irrigation-supply side management | 15 |
| 4 | Watershed development-supply side management | 10 |
| 5 | Participatory irrigation practices-Demand side management | 10 |
| 6 | Sustainable on-farm water use practices-Demand side management | 10 |
| 7 | Rural drinking water | 10 |
| 8 | Urban water supply and sanitation | 10 |
| 9 | Policy and governance | 15 |
| Total | 100 |
- The index is topped by Gujarat followed by Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh with the reference year 2017-18 (the Base year 2016-17).
- The index has ranked 25 states and 2 union territories.
- In the North-Eastern and Himalayan state categories, Himachal Pradesh has topped followed by Uttarakhand and Tripura.
- Among Union, Territories considered Puducherry has performed better than Delhi.
- 19 out of 24 stated showed improvement on scores over the last 3 years.
- Haryana showed the largest improvement as it improved by 26.21 points.
- Among the 9 themes, the improvement in Policy and governance is maximum.
- 16 out of 27 states scored less than 50 points and these states account for 48% of population, 40% of agricultural products and 35% of economic output.
- States scoring less than 40 points are Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Nagaland and Meghalaya.
- The average improvement in best performing states is +5.2 points while that of low performing states is 3.1 points.
- We haven’t seen any state of top 10 agricultural producers scoring more than 60 points except Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
Questions
Ques: 1. Composite Water Management Index 2.0 is topped by?a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Puducherry
d. Gujarat
Ques: 2. Which one of the following theme has shown maximum improvement?
a. Rural drinking and water
b. Policy and governance
c. Urban water supply and sanitation
d. Watershed development-Demand side management
