Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
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. 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 for conservation, development, management, and abatement of pollution in the river Ganges and its tributaries.[3] In May 2019, this ministry was merged with Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to form the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
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Formed | September 1985 |
Preceding agencies |
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Dissolved | May 2019[1] |
Superseding agency |
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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi |
Annual budget | US$243,134,089[2] |
Minister responsible |
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Deputy Minister responsible |
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Website | mowr |
List of ministers Parliamentary Affairs
Name | Term of office | Political party
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Satya Narayan Sinha(As MoS till 10 April 1962) | 13 May 1952 | 13 March 1967 | Indian National Congress |
Ram Subhag Singh | 13 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 | |
Kotha Raghuramaiah(Minister of State) | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | |
Raj Bahadur | 18 March 1971 | 5 February 1973 | |
Kotha Raghuramaiah | 5 February 1973 | 24 March 1977 | |
Ravindra Varma | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | Janata Party |
K. Gopal | 4 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) |
Bhishma Narain Singh | 14 January 1980 | 29 January 1983 | Indian National Congress |
Buta Singh | 29 January 1983 | 31 December 1984 | |
H. K. L. Bhagat | 31 December 1984 | 2 December 1989 | |
P. Upendra | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Telugu Desam Party(National Front) |
Satya Prakash Malaviya | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party |
Ghulam Nabi Azad | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | Indian National Congress |
Vidya Charan Shukla | 18 January 1993 | 17 January 1996 | |
Pramod Mahajan | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Ram Vilas Paswan | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Janata Dal(United Front) |
Srikant Kumar Jena | 29 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | |
Madan Lal Khurana | 19 March 1998 | 31 January 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party(National Democratic Alliance) |
P. R. Kumaramangalam | 31 January 1999 | 13 October 1999 | |
Pramod Mahajan | 13 October 1999 | 29 January 2003 | |
Sushma Swaraj | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | |
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 1 November 2005 | 6 April 2008 | Indian National Congress(United Progressive Alliance) |
Vayalar Ravi | 6 April 2008 | 22 May 2009 | |
Pawan Kumar Bansal | 28 May 2009 | 28 October 2012 | |
Kamal Nath | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | |
M. Venkaiah Naidu | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party(National Democratic Alliance) |
Ananth Kumar | 5 July 2016 | 1 November 2018 | |
Narendra Singh Tomar | 1 November 2018 | 30 May 2019 | |
Pralhad Joshi | 30 May 2019 |
Organisations
- Bansagar Control Board
- Betwa River Board
- Brahmaputra Board
- Central Ground Water Board[4]
- Central Soil and Materials Research Station[5]
- Central Water and Power Research Station
- Central Water Commission[6]
- Farakka Barrage Project
- Ganga Flood Control Commission
- Narmada Control Authority
- National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee[7]
- National Projects Construction Corporation Limited
- National Water Development Agency
- North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM)[8]
- Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee
- Tungabhadra Board
- Upper Yamuna River Board
- WAPCOS Limited
Projects
References
- "Govt forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries". Business Standard. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Budget turns spotlight on railways, roads". Times of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. "Organizational history of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation". Website of MoWRRDGR. Government of India. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- "Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, RD &GR Government of India". Cgwb.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- "Home Page: Central Soil and Materials Research Station". Csmrs.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- "Central Water Commission - An apex organization in water resources development in India". Cwc.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- "National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India". Nihroorkee.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- "Welcome to NERIWALM, INDIA". Neriwalm.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.