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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Overwhelming focus on wheat & rice aggravated India’s water crisis: Economist Mihir Shah -Moushumi Das Gupta

Overwhelming focus on wheat & rice aggravated India’s water crisis: Economist Mihir Shah -Moushumi Das Gupta

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published Published on Oct 20, 2021   modified Modified on Oct 21, 2021

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Mihir Shah, who headed the panel that drafted National Water Policy, says crop diversification, without endangering national food security, is important for resolving water crisis.

New Delhi: The focus of public procurement on predominantly wheat and rice dates back to the early years of the Green Revolution, and this is what enabled India to build a large buffer stock of grain.

However, there is no doubt that this overwhelming focus on just wheat and rice has played a key role in aggravating India’s water crisis, water policy expert Mihir Shah, who headed the 11-member high-level committee that drafted the National Water Policy (NWP) 2020, told ThePrint in an interview.

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