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promotes rainwater harvesting improving water security,
nationwide, with a focus on especially in rural areas, by
capturing rain where it falls, ensuring that rainwater is
when it falls. The campaign captured locally through
focuses on water conservation location specific decentralised
and rainwater harvesting, water capture interventions
including rejuvenation of water leading to enhanced surface
bodies, geotagging, making water availability and/or
inventory of water bodies, groundwater recharge for
developing scientific water supporting agriculture and
conservation plans, setting up livelihoods. The increase in
Jal Shakti Kendras, intensive groundwater recharge and the
afforestation, and raising decline in overall groundwater
awareness. This has not only extraction in India over two
raised awareness but also consecutive years (2021-22 and
changed the mindset of many, 2022-23) highlight the impact of
particularly among women and the ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign.
youth, toward the importance of There are examples of local
water conservation. streams/springs revival and
India’s ‘Catch the Rain’ multiple water uses, including
campaign has made a raising fish for nutrition and
substantial contribution to livelihood security. These efforts
are important for the source
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