English Language · Reading Comprehension

Read the text below and answer the question that follows: With steady economic growth, higher literacy and increasing skill levels, the number of Indian middle-class families has gone up exponentially. Direct results of the affluence have been changes in dietary patterns and energy consumption levels. People have moved to a higher protein-based diet like milk products, fish and meat , all of which need significantly more water to produce than cereal-based diets. Increasing use of electronic and electric machine s/gadgets and motor vehicles needs more and more energy, and generation of energy needs wa ter. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?