new delhi highlighting the importance of water conservation in the wake of spreading water crisis across the country yaduvendra mathur special secretary in niti aayog on wednesday said water conservation is a big challenge before the country and we must conserve water for the future generations pm modi has shortlisted villages who are low in water resourcestalking about niti aayogs report on composite water management index mathur added that the shortlisted villages under the flagship scheme nal se jal water from the tap have been done on merit basis and not on political priority mathur was speaking at the lupin human welfare research foundation lhwrf at the first dr desh bandhu gupta memorial lecture at the india international centre in new delhi he also lauded lupins welfare schemes as being great examples of efficient publicprivatepartnerships former union minister for agriculture sompal shastri special secretary in national institution for transforming india niti aayog yaduvendra mathur former journalist and social worker uma suresh prabhu and foundations executive director sita ram gupta were among the keynote speakers during the eventthe late desh bandhu gupta colloquially known as dbg was an indian philanthropist entrepreneur and founder and chairman of lupin ltd a multinational pharmaceutical company he passed away in april 2018