The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation was the apex body for formulation and administration of rules and regulations relating to the development and regulation of the water resources in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
. The Ministry was formed in January 1985 following the bifurcation of the then Ministry of Irrigation and Power, when the Department of Irrigation was re-constituted as the Ministry of Water Resources. In July 2014, the Ministry was renamed to “Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation”, making it the
National Ganga River Basin Authority
National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) is a financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganges River, functioning under the Jal Shakti ministry of India. The mission of the organisation is to safeguard t ...
for conservation, development, management, and abatement of pollution in the river
Ganges
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
and its tributaries. In May 2019, this ministry was merged with
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to form the
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ministry of Jal Shakti () is a ministry under Government of India which was formed in May 2019 under the second Modi ministry. This was formed by merging of two ministries; Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and ...
.
Organisations
* Bansagar Control Board
* Betwa River Board
* Brahmaputra Board
* Central Ground Water Board
* Central Soil and Materials Research Station
*
Central Water and Power Research Station
The Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) Pune is the major research organisation in the field of hydraulic and allied research as a subordinate office of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Mini ...
* Central Water Commission
*
Farakka Barrage Project
* Ganga Flood Control Commission
* Narmada Control Authority
*
National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
* National Projects Construction Corporation Limited
* National Water Development Agency
* North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM)
* Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee
* Tungabhadra Board
* Upper Yamuna River Board
*
WAPCOS Limited
CGWA
Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), created in 1970 under sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 under the Ministry of Water Resources of India, for regulation of ground water development to ensure long-term sustainability. It is responsible for "providing scientific inputs for management, exploration, monitoring, assessment, augmentation and regulation of ground water resources of the country." It is a multi-disciplinary scientific entity comprising
Hydrologists
Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is call ...
,
Hydrometeorologists,
Hydrogeologists,
Geophysicists,
Chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
s, and Engineers. It is headquartered at
NH-19 (old NH-4) in
Faridabad in
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...
.
[Central Ground Water Authority info]
cgwb.gov.in, accessed 20 July 2021.
It has following 4 wings:
[
# Sustainable Management & Liaison (SML)
# Survey, Assessment & Monitoring (SAM)
# Exploratory Drilling & Materials Management (ED&MM)
# Water Quality & Training and Technology Transfer (WQ&TT)
]
Ministers
Projects
* Indian Rivers Inter-link
References
External links
Ministry website
Ministry of Water Resources (India) Recruitment Notification
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Defunct government ministries of India
Water management authorities