NITI Aayog has released the second round of Composite Water Management Index (CWMI 2.0) in August, 2019.
It was first launched and conceptualized in 2018 as a tool to instill sense of cooperative and competitive federalism among the states. CWMI 2.0 ranks various states for the reference year 2017-18 as against the base year 2016-17.
Rankings
Non-Himalayan States: Gujarat held on to its rank one in the reference year (2017-18), followed by Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
North-Eastern and Himalayan States: In North Eastern and Himalayan States, Himachal Pradesh has been adjudged number 1 in 2017-18 followed by ....
