Answer:
According to National Water Policy 2002:
(i) Water resources available to the country should be brought within the category of utilisable.
(ii) Non-conventional methods for utilization of water such as through inter-basin transfers, artificial recharge of ground water and desalination of brackish or sea water as well as traditional water conservation practices like rainwater harvesting, including root-top rainwater harvesting, need to be practiced to further increase the unlizable water resources.
Promotion of frontier research and development, in a focused manner, for these techniques is necessary.
(iii) Water resources development and. management will have to be planned for a hydrological unit such as drainage basin as a whole or tor a sub-basin, multi - sectorally, taking into account surface and ground water for sustainable use incorporating quantity and quality aspects.
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