Regarding the National Water Academy (NWA) in India, which of the following statements is or are correct?

Introduction / Context:
The National Water Academy (NWA) is an important institution in India's water resources management framework. It focuses on training in service engineers and professionals who work in central and state organisations dealing with planning, development and management of water resources. This question gives two statements about NWA and asks you to judge both their correctness and whether they accurately describe the institution. Questions like this test your awareness of key national training institutions and their roles.

Given Data / Assumptions:
- Statement 1: The primary objective of NWA is to function as a Centre of Excellence in training for in service engineers from central and state organisations on various aspects of water resource planning. - Statement 2: NWA is located in New Delhi. - We must determine which statement or statements are correct. - We assume current official information about NWA's mandate and location.

Concept / Approach:
NWA was established to build capacity in the water resources sector by providing specialised training programmes for engineers and officials. Its objectives include improving skills in water resources planning, operation, management and use of modern tools and techniques. Therefore, describing it as a Centre of Excellence for training in these areas is accurate. However, NWA is not located in New Delhi; it is headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra. The approach is to accept the functional description in Statement 1 as true and reject the incorrect location in Statement 2.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Examine Statement 1. It mentions NWA as a Centre of Excellence for training in service engineers from central and state organisations in water resource planning aspects. Step 2: Cross check this with your knowledge that NWA conducts specialised training courses, workshops and capacity building programmes for water sector professionals across India. Step 3: Conclude that Statement 1 is essentially correct in describing NWA's primary objective. Step 4: Examine Statement 2, which says NWA is located in New Delhi. Step 5: Recall that NWA is actually located in Pune, not in New Delhi, so Statement 2 is false. Step 6: Therefore, only Statement 1 is correct, and the right option is "1 only".

Verification / Alternative check:
Another way to verify is to remember that many water related training and research institutions are spread out geographically: for example, the Central Water and Power Research Station is near Pune, and NWA is also in Pune. New Delhi hosts several ministries and policy bodies but not this particular academy. If you have ever seen course announcements or training notifications mentioning NWA, they typically refer to Pune as the venue, which further confirms that Statement 2 is incorrect.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
"2 only" is wrong because the location in New Delhi is incorrect and the function described in Statement 1 is valid.

"Both 1 and 2" is wrong since Statement 2 is false; both cannot be correct simultaneously.

"Neither 1 nor 2" is wrong because dismissing both statements would ignore the accurate functional description of NWA in Statement 1.

Common Pitfalls:
A common error is to assume that any national level academy linked with central ministries must be located in New Delhi, leading candidates to accept Statement 2 without careful recall. Another pitfall is paying less attention to institutional mandates and more to acronyms, which may cause confusion between NWA and other organisations. To avoid such mistakes, it is helpful to link each acronym with both its function and its city when you revise, for example, remembering "NWA, water training, Pune" as a single memory chunk.

Final Answer:
Only the first statement about the role of the National Water Academy is correct, so the right choice is 1 only.