<div>Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari released Niti Aayog's composite water management index report in New Delhi Yesterday. Gujarat topped the list while Jharkhand was adjudged as the worst performer. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Gujarat is followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. In the northeastern and Himalayan states, Tripura has been adjudged as the top state in 2016-17 followed by Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Assam. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Niti Aayog has ranked the states through first of its kind index on the composite water management, comprising 9 broad sectors with 28 different indicators covering various aspects. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The report predicted that by 2030, the country's water demand is projected to be twice the available supply, implying severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions of people.</div>