Pricing of water alone will not solve the problems the planners have to grapple with to ensure its equitable distribution in the country.

According to Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, clarity on property rights to this precious natural resource is a more crucial issue warranting urgent attention.

Dr Ahluwalia said this while delivering the third P. K. Gopalakrishnan lecture at the Centre for Development Studies here recently.