Expanding water security and climate adaptation in rural India
Water security and climate adaptation in rural India (WASCA-II)
Water security and climate adaptation in rural India (WASCA-II)
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
India
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India - Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), India - Ministry of Water (Ministry of Jal Shakti, MoJS)
2022 to 2025
Environment and climate
India’s water demand may be twice the available supply by 2030, according to the Indian Water Management Index. Almost 600 million Indians are already suffering from high or extreme water shortages, especially in rural areas affected by extreme poverty. This is mainly due to water-intensive agriculture, which remains a mainstay of the Indian economy and the rural population’s primary source of income. This makes water security a key factor in India’s rural development in times of climate change.
Relevant government programmes that promote rural development in India contribute to providing water security for rural populations.
The project supports the Ministry of Rural Development to achieve the goals of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Infrastructural and agro-ecological measures implemented by the MGNREGS improve, among other things, water security for the supply of drinking water and for agricultural production.
The project is working in the following fields of activity:
Last update: June 2023