WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION

The article details government efforts in water management and conservation, highlighting the Atal Bhujal Yojana for community-led groundwater management across seven states.

It also covers the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign's focus on enumerating water bodies using digital tools, and introduces the 'Jal Dharohar' GIS-based portal, operational since November 2023, which consolidates and geo-tags water body data from various national programs.