Global Perspective And Achieving Goals
At $213 million, India got the second biggest chunk of international aid for water and sanitation in 2017 in central and southern Asia. Sri Lanka led at $345 million, as per the 2019 .
The aims to ensure countries achieve universal access to safe drinking water as well as sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030. Securing water for communities across the world by 2030 could cost just over , the World Resources Institute (WRI) estimated in this January 2020 : “In the United States, France, China, and India, water scarcity is the primary driver of costs, from a cost perspective, limiting sustainable water management.”
It would take India 3.2 percent of the GDP it is estimated to have by 2030 to deliver sustainable water management, the WRI noted.
“India’s investment in water and sanitation as a proportion of GDP is among the highest as compared to several countries in South Asia as well as countries like Vietnam which have recorded significant…