India Water Impact Summit 2018 held in New Delhi

The India Water Impact Summit-2018 was held in New Delhi.

It was jointly organized by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga).

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India Water Impact Summit is an annual event where stakeholders get together to discuss, debate and develop model solutions for some of the biggest water related problems in the country.
The discussions this year were on rejuvenation of the Ganga River Basin.
There was also a multi-country dialogue on subjects showcasing of technological innovations, research, policy frameworks and funding models from India and abroad.
Large number of Indian Central Government Ministries as well as all key decision makers responsible for delivering rejuvenation of Ganga were also present at the Summit.
Nearly 200 domestic and international participants from nearly 15 countries and more than 50 Central, State and Municipal Government representatives participated in the summit.
There were also sessions on afforestation and biodiversity, urban river/water management plans, creating a global ecosystem for financing Ganga Rejuvenation Programme and tapping into global capital markets for long term project finance.

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi and Bihar.
Its objective was to showcase efforts and works going on within the respective states.

It was the inaugural forum that brought a number of institutions to common knowledge, information and partnership platform.
It brought together financial institutions and investors interested in Namami Gange programmes.

It was a pilot/demonstration programme aimed at providing opportunity to technology and innovation companies from around the world to showcase their solutions for addressing problems prevalent in the river basin.

Q. Where was the India Water Impact Summit-2018 held?
a. Mumbai
b. Varanasi
c. Ahmedabad
d. New Delhi