India exported 3,850,431 litres of water since 2015, mostly to China: Govt
India, Feb. 5 -- Water being exported even as government has not been able to meet its own targets for drinking water supply
India exported 3,850,431 litres of water between 2015-16 and 2020-21 (April-November), the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri, told the Lok Sabha February 3, 2021.
Puri was responding to a question raised by Member of Parliament Feroze Varun Gandhi.
India exported three categories of water in this period: Mineral water (2,378,227 litres), aerated water (602,389 litres) and natural and other water (869,815 litres).
Most of this water in 2019-20, went to China. Beijing imported 63,580 litres of mineral water, 1,000 litres of aerated water and 20,000 litres of natur...
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