The National Mission for Sustainable Habitat was approved by the Prime Minister's Council for Climate Change in June 2010. One of the deliverables of the Mission is the formulation of National Sustainable Habitat Standards. It is intended that these standards would subsequently get integrated with relevant regulations to ensure that future developments are aligned in accordance with concerns related to climate change. Accordingly, a sub-committee was appointed under the chairpersonship of Ms Malini Shankar, Principal Secretary (Water Supply and Sanitation), Government of Maharashtra to evolve the standards in respect of the water supply and sewerage sector.