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reviewed. The proposed programme of actions on the ‘different clauses’ of the National
Water Policy for 1991-92 was also discussed. It was inter-alia decided in the meeting to set-
up Three Sub-Committees of the Board to prepare policy papers on:
(i) Setting-up of the River Basin Organization in the Country;
(ii) National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy;
(iii) The Water Information System.
These Sub-Committees have since been set-up.Water Resources Day
The Water Resources Day is organized all over the Country since 1986 in April in order
to make the people more conscious about problems associated with the management of
water, a limited precious resource. As a result of the increasing encouraging response from
the Central/state Government and other voluntary agencies concerned, the Water Resources
Day was orgainsed at about 503 centres of the country during 1990. The theme for National
Debate was “Water for future.”
The Water Resources Day was celebrated at 800 places all over the country during
April-May 1991 by mobilizing the support of various state governments and other Agencies
including Local Offices. In view of the over-all increasing demand for water linked with the
increasing population pressure, the Theme for the forthcoming Water Resources Day was
selected as “Water Conservation.”
Note: Courtesy Research and References Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Govt. of India.
FROM PROBLEM: CAUSES AND SUGGESTIONS
At present not only India but the whole world is facing the food problem.
Main Causes of Food Problem: Main causes of food problem are as under:- Quantitative aspect of food problem
(a) Increasing Population: Though food production has increased all over the world as
well as in India, yet due to over growth of population our needs also have increased
for greater than the production.
(b) Secondary, man off and on suffers from the draughts and floods. This is the reason
why the prices of food grains are shooting up.
Per capita net availability of food grains went up to a level of 496 grams per day in 1989
as compared to that of 395 grams in early fitfties. In 1990, it has been provisionally estimated
at 476 grams per day. In terms of gross fertilizers consumption, Indra ranks fourth in the
World after USA, USSR and China. The country has the largest in the World under Pulse
Crops. In the field of cotton, India is the first one to evolve a cotton hybrid. The country has
made a major breakthrough in Prawn Seed Production and Post Culture Technology.
Compound growth rate in agriculture production during the period 1949-50 to 1988-89
was 2.63 per cent per annum. Production of foodgrains increased significant from 549.2 lakh
tonnes in 1949-50 to 1706.3 lakh tones in 1989-90. Cropping pattern is more diversified and