In the first-of-its-kind ranking on water management, Gujarat has topped the list followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Among the worst performers are Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, ranking done by Niti Aayog said. In the northeast, Tripura is the state with best performance in water resource management. “Alarmingly, ~60% of states (14 out of 24) have achieved scores below 50 and have been classified as Low performers. Low performers are concentrated across the populous agricultural belts of North and East India, and among the North-Eastern and Himalayan states,” the Niti Aayog report published on its website said. All  states have been ranked on the composite water management index comprising of nine parameters and 28 indicators by Niti Ayog.

In the first-of-its-kind ranking on water management, Gujarat has topped the list followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Among the worst performers are Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, ranking done by Niti Aayog said. In the northeast, Tripura is the state with best performance in water resource management. “Alarmingly, ~60% of states (14 out of 24) have achieved scores below 50 and have been classified as Low performers. Low performers are concentrated across the populous agricultural belts of North and East India, and among the North-Eastern and Himalayan states,” the Niti Aayog report published on its website said. All  states have been ranked on the composite water management index comprising of nine parameters and 28 indicators by Niti Ayog.