Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a significant change in India's water policy, stating that the nation's water resources will now be exclusively utilized for national benefit and not allowed to flow outside the country.

In an apparent reference to the Indus Waters Treaty being put in abeyance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said earlier even the water which rightfully belonged to India went outside the country but it will now flow for India's benefit and will be utilised for the country.

In a decisive move reflecting a shift in India’s water diplomacy, PM Modi, while speaking at the ABP Network's India@2047 Summit on Tuesday, declared that water that rightfully belongs to India will now be used for India.