India’s Water Audit: Assessing the Nation’s Scarce Resource
India faces a deepening water crisis: per-capita water availability has declined from 5,177 cubic metres in 1951 to approximately 1,486 cubic metres in 2021—a 75% reduction—placing India in the ‘water-stressed’ category by international standards (below 1,700 m³/capita). According to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, 21 major Indian cities including Bengaluru,…
