Panel headed by water policy expert Mihir Shah, tasked with updating 2012 National Water Policy, submitted recommendations to Jal Shakti ministry last month.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
This National Water Policy 2020/2021 will also be a flop show. Already it is given in the article that it is up to the states to implement as if this exercise was just done a decadal ritual. And states have their own policies different from another state and national water policy. So, this is bound to fail. Then, Ministry of Jal Shakti consists of time-pass/useless IAS officers who do not know A,B,C,D….of water resources management. They only give talks…..in front of….hapless audiences and try always to prove that they know better than any water expert. Ministry of Jal Shakti seems to be autocratic organization where the orders flow in one direction i.e. top to bottom….and there is no free flow of ideas and no respect for CWC engineers. Unless this situation is corrected, all these exercises of National Water Policy 2020 will fail. Hope government remove IAS officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti and post people like Mihir Shah…through lateral entry…..
This National Water Policy 2020/2021 will also be a flop show. Already it is given in the article that it is up to the states to implement as if this exercise was just done a decadal ritual. And states have their own policies different from another state and national water policy. So, this is bound to fail. Then, Ministry of Jal Shakti consists of time-pass/useless IAS officers who do not know A,B,C,D….of water resources management. They only give talks…..in front of….hapless audiences and try always to prove that they know better than any water expert. Ministry of Jal Shakti seems to be autocratic organization where the orders flow in one direction i.e. top to bottom….and there is no free flow of ideas and no respect for CWC engineers. Unless this situation is corrected, all these exercises of National Water Policy 2020 will fail. Hope government remove IAS officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti and post people like Mihir Shah…through lateral entry…..