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Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
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Ministry overview
FormedSeptember 1985; 39 years ago (1985-09)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of National Resources and Scientific Research (1951-52)
  • Ministry of Irrigation and Power (1952-74; 1985)
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (1974-80)
  • Ministry of Energy and Irrigation (1980)
  • Ministry of Irrigation (1980-85)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
Annual budgetUS$243,134,089[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Sanjeev Balyan, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
  • Vijay Goel, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Websitewrmin.nic.in

The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, is a ministry of the Government of India and the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the development and regulation of the water resources in India. The Ministry was formed in January 1985 following a bifurcation of the then Ministry of Irrigation and Power when the Department of Irrigation was re-constituted as the Ministry of Water Resources.[2] is at present held by Uma Bharti.[3] In July 2014, the Ministry has been renamed to “Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation”, making it the National Ganga River Basin Authority for conservation, development, management, and abatement of pollution in the river Ganges and its tributaries.[4]

Organisations

  • Central Water Commission[5]
  • Central Ground Water Board[6]
  • Central Soil and Materials Research Station[7]
  • Central Water and Power Research Station
  • Narmada Control Authority
  • National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee[8]
  • National Projects Construction Corporation Limited
  • National Water Development Agency
  • Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee
  • Upper Yamuna River Board
  • WAPCOS Limited
  • S.I.P.L LTD.[citation needed]

Projects

References

  1. ^ "Budget turns spotlight on railways, roads". Times of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Organizational history of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation". Government of India. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Narendra Modi's government sets three year deadline to rejuvenate river Ganga". Times Economics Times. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Organizational history of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation". Government of India. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. ^ http://www.cwc.nic.in
  6. ^ http://www.cgwb.gov.in/
  7. ^ http://csmrs.nic.in/
  8. ^ http://www.nihroorkee.gov.in/


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