FICCI had constituted a Water Mission in 2011 for promoting thought leadership in the area of water

He was speaking at the inaugural of the 13th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse under the theme--Water Reuse: Overcoming the Challenges of Growth and Climate Change--organised by FICCI here today. Incidentally, FICCI had constituted a Water Mission in 2011 for promoting thought leadership in the area of water efficiency and sustainable water management. Ashok Kumar said the Prime Minister is using the water sector to address the problems of water management in sectors like agriculture, industry, besides making the availability of water to every household in the country by 2025 under Jal Jeevan Mission apart from the Catch Rain Project to harvest rain water.. There is also an initiative of the Ministry of Jal Sakthi for the mapping and management of the aquifer systems of the country. India is the largest exploiter of groundwater and 80% of water is used in agriculture. It has given the need for water auditing and FICCI has taken the first step towards it.