National Water Awards

• The Vice President of India recently conferred 4^th National Water Awards, 2022.
• Prominent winners are
  • Best State – Madhya Pradesh (1^st), Odisha(2^nd), and Andhra Pradesh and Bihar (jointly at 3^rd)
  • Best District– Ganjam in Odisha, Nammakkal in Tamil Nadu and Adilabad in Telangana secured top three spots.
  • Best Urban Body– Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
  • Best NGO– Arpan Seva Sansthan, Udaipur, Rajsathan.
  • Best Industry for CSR technologies– HCL Technologies, Noida.

ABOUT NATIONAL WATER AWARDS

• First launched in 2018 by Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.
• Awards were not given in the year 2021 due to COVID pandemic.
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• Aim- To encourage various stakeholders towards adopting a holistic approach towards water resources management in the country
• These awards have been instituted to recognize and encourage exemplary work and efforts made by States, Districts, individuals, organizations, etc across the country in attaining the vision of a ‘Jal Samriddh Bharat’.
• It covers 11 categories Best State’, ‘Best District’, ‘Best Village Panchayat’, ‘Best Urban Local Body’ etc.
• The award winners in different categories are given a citation, trophy and cash prize.
  • The cash prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rank winners are Rs.2 lakhs, Rs.1.5 lakhs, and Rs.1 lakh, respectively.