How bad is India’s water crisis?
According to a 2018 NITI Aayog report, 600 million people, or nearly half of India’s population, are facing severe water scarcity. That three-quarters of India’s rural households lack access to piped, potable water and must rely on unsafe sources. India has surpassed the world’s largest extractor of groundwater, accounting for 25% of total extraction, 70%…