Question : USAGE OF WATER



(a) whether the Government is aware about the quantity of water being utilised yearly for the production and trade of bottled mineral drinking water;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether it has also been assessed by several researches undertaken on this subject that water is being corporatised by this trade which is a violation of the rights of people on natural resources of the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the action being taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (PROF. K. V. THOMAS)

(a) to (d): No such information is being maintained centrally.