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, 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 by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. 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), was a financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganges River, functioning under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, of India. The mission of the organisation is to safeg ...

for conservation, development, management, and abatement of pollution in the river

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and its tributaries. In May 2019, this ministry was merged with the

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation The Ministry of Jal Shakti () is a ministry under the Government of India which was formed in May 2019 under the second Modi ministry. This was formed by merging of two ministries; ''the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga R ...

to form the

Ministry of Jal Shakti The Ministry of Jal Shakti () is a ministry under the Government of India which was formed in May 2019 under the second Modi ministry. This was formed by merging of two ministries; ''the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga R ...

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, Mi ...

* Central Water Commission *

Farakka Barrage Project Farakka is a town, with a police station and a post office, not identified in 2011 census as a separate place, in the Farakka community development block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It ...

* Ganga Flood Control Commission * Narmada Control Authority *

National Institute of Hydrology National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) is an autonomous society under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India and has been functioning as a research Institute in the area of hydrology and water r ...

, 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 WAPCOS Limited, earlier known as Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Limited, is an Indian consultancy service provider under the ownership of the Government of India and administrative control of the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The firm p ...

CGWB

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), created in 1970 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

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, Hydrometeorologists,

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s, and Engineers. It is headquartered at NH-19 (old NH-4) in

Faridabad Faridabad () is the most populous List of cities in Haryana by population, city near NCT of Delhi in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of National Capital Region (India), Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite citie ...

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.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)

Cabinet Ministers

Note: MoS (I/C) Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Ministers of State

Deputy Ministers

Projects

Indian Rivers Inter-link The Indian rivers interlinking project is a proposed large-scale civil engineering project that aims to effectively manage water resources in India by linking rivers using a network of reservoirs and canals to enhance irrigation and groundwa ...

References

External links

Ministry website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Defunct government ministries of India Water management authorities