India's water resources have witnessed rapid depletion due to a mix of economic, geographic, and political factors. Explain and discuss its implications.

According to a report of 2018 by World Bank, India is already a water-stressed country standing on the verge of water scarcity. This seems to be an intertwine of several factors. * Geographic factors * 1. Vagarious of monsoon - Indian monsoon is highly unpredictable, affected by central external factors like ENSO, NTO, etc. 2. Climate - Ind lies in sub tropical & tropical region where evaporation is high.