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 the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to form the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

Emblem of India
Agency overview
Formed	September 1985; 38 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)
Dissolved	May 2019^[1]
Superseding agency	Ministry of Jal Shakti (2019-present)
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	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Water Resources
Deputy Minister responsible	Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Agency executive	Pankaj Kumar IAS
Website	jalshakti-dowr.gov.in

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

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 Hydrologists, Hydrometeorologists, Hydrogeologists, Geophysicists, Chemists, and Engineers. It is headquartered at NH-19 (old NH-4) in Faridabad in Haryana.^[9]

It has following 4 wings:^[9]

1. Sustainable Management & Liaison (SML)
2. Survey, Assessment & Monitoring (SAM)
3. Exploratory Drilling & Materials Management (ED&MM)
4. Water Quality & Training and Technology Transfer (WQ&TT)

Cabinet Ministers

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

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of River Valley Schemes
		Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) MP for Sabarkantha	13 May 1952	6 June 1952	24 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II	Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Irrigation and Power
		Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) MP for Sabarkantha	6 June 1952	17 April 1957	4 years, 315 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II	Jawaharlal Nehru
		S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP for Mumbai South	17 April 1957	2 April 1958	350 days		Nehru III
		Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	2 April 1958	10 April 1962	5 years, 85 days
			10 April 1962	26 June 1963			Nehru IV
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS)	19 July 1963	27 May 1964	326 days
			27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
		H. C. Dasappa (1894–1964) MP for Bangalore	9 June 1964	19 July 1964	40 days		Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS)	19 July 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 189 days
			11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Barpeta	24 January 1966	13 November 1966	293 days		Indira I	Indira Gandhi
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (MoS)	13 November 1966	18 March 1971	6 years, 361 days
			18 March 1971	9 November 1973			Indira II
		K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for Nainital	9 November 1973	10 October 1974	335 days
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
		Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) MP for Sasaram	10 October 1974	2 February 1977	2 years, 115 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
		Parkash Singh Badal (1927–2023) MP for Faridkot	28 March 1977	17 June 1977	81 days	Shiromani Akali Dal	Desai	Morarji Desai
		Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) MP for Sangrur	18 June 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 40 days
		Brahm Prakash (1918–1993) MP for Outer Delhi	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan	Charan Singh
Minister of Irrigation
		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (1927–2006) MP for Malda	16 January 1980	8 June 1980	144 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
		Kedar Pandey (1920–1982) MP for Bettiah	8 June 1980	12 November 1980	157 days
		Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP for Mahendragarh	12 November 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 64 days
		Kedar Pandey (1920–1982) MP for Bettiah	15 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 14 days
		Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C)	29 January 1983	2 August 1984	1 year, 186 days
		Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP for Indore	2 August 1984	31 October 1984	90 days
		C. K. Jaffer Sharief (1933–2018) MP for Bangalore North	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days		Rajiv I	Rajiv Gandhi
		B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv II
Minister of Water Resources
		B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi	25 September 1985	22 August 1987	1 year, 331 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv II	Rajiv Gandhi
		Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister)	22 August 1987	10 November 1987	19 days
		Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C)	10 November 1987	14 February 1988	96 days
		Dinesh Singh (1925–1995) MP for Pratapgarh	14 February 1988	25 June 1988	132 days
		B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi	25 June 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 9 days
		M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) MP for Kerala (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C)	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
		Manubhai Kotadia (1936–2003) MP for Amreli (MoS, I/C until 5 November 1990)	6 December 1989	5 November 1990	334 days	Janata Dal	V. P. Singh	V. P. Singh
			21 November 1990	26 April 1991	156 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar	Chandra Shekhar
		Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP for Ballia (Prime Minister)	26 April 1991	21 June 1991	56 days
		Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP for Raipur	21 June 1991	17 January 1996	4 years, 210 days	Indian National Congress	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister)	17 January 1996	7 February 1996	21 days
		A. R. Antulay (1929–2014) MP for Kolaba	7 February 1996	16 May 1996	99 days
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Unelected (Prime Minister)	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda	H. D. Deve Gowda
		Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	345 days
			21 April 1997	9 June 1997			Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
		Sis Ram Ola (1927–2013) MP for Jhunjhunu (MoS, I/C)	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	40 days		Vajpayee III
		C. P. Thakur (born 1931) MP for Patna	22 November 1999	27 May 2000	187 days
		Arjun Charan Sethi (1941–2020) MP for Bhadrak	27 May 2000	22 May 2004	3 years, 361 days	Biju Janata Dal
		Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (1945–2017) MP for Raiganj	23 May 2004	18 November 2005	1 year, 179 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
		Santosh Mohan Dev (1934–2017) MP for Silchar (MoS, I/C)	18 November 2005	29 January 2006	72 days
		Saifuddin Soz (born 1937) MP for Jammu and Kashmir (Rajya Sabha)	29 January 2006	22 May 2009	3 years, 113 days
		Meira Kumar (born 1945) MP for Sasaram	28 May 2009	31 May 2009	3 days		Manmohan II
		Manmohan Singh (born 1932) MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha) (Prime Minister)	31 May 2009	14 June 2009	14 days
		Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP for Chandigarh	14 June 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 219 days
		Salman Khurshid (born 1953) MP for Farrukhabad	19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
		Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP for Chandigarh	12 July 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 108 days
		Harish Rawat (born 1948) MP for Haridwar	28 October 2012	1 February 2014	1 year, 96 days
		Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) MP for Jammu and Kashmir (Rajya Sabha)	1 February 2014	26 May 2014	114 days
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
		Uma Bharti (born 1959) MP for Jhansi	27 May 2014	3 September 2017	3 years, 99 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
		Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP for Nagpur	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
Ministry merged with Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to form Ministry of Jal Shakti

Ministers of State

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of State for Irrigation and Power
		O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu	8 May 1962	19 July 1963	1 year, 72 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV	Jawaharlal Nehru
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada	9 June 1964	19 July 1964	40 days		Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
			24 January 1966	13 November 1966	293 days		Indira I	Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Agriculture and Irrigation
		Annasaheb Shinde (1922–1993) MP for Kopargaon	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
		Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP for Meerut	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days
		Bhanu Pratap Singh (born 1935) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	14 August 1977	15 July 1979	1 year, 335 days	Janata Party	Desai	Morarji Desai
		Nathuram Mirdha (1921–1996) MP for Nagaur	4 August 1979	25 October 1979	82 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan	Charan Singh
		M. V. Krishnappa (1918–1980) MP for Chikballapur	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	163 days
Minister of State for Irrigation
		Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992) MP for Unnao	19 January 1980	29 January 1983	3 years, 10 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
		Harinath Mishra MP for Darbhanga	2 August 1984	31 October 1984	90 days
Minister of State for Water Resources
		Krishna Sahi (born 1931) MP for Begusarai	14 February 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 140 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv II	Rajiv Gandhi
		Prem Khandu Thungan (born 1946) MP for Arunachal West	19 January 1993	10 February 1995	2 years, 22 days		Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
		P. V. Rangayya Naidu (born 1933) MP for Khammam	10 February 1995	16 May 1996	1 year, 96 days
		Sompal Shastri (born 1942) MP for Baghpat	3 February 1999	13 October 1999	252 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Bijoya Chakravarty (born 1939) MP for Gauhati	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	4 years, 222 days		Vajpayee III
		Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (born 1954) MP for Munger	23 May 2004	6 November 2005	1 year, 167 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
			24 October 2006	22 May 2009	2 years, 210 days
		Vincent Pala (born 1968) MP for Shillong	28 May 2009	28 October 2012	3 years, 153 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
		Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly	27 May 2014	9 November 2014	166 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
		Sanwar Lal Jat (1955–2017) MP for Ajmer	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
		Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
		Sanjeev Balyan (born 1972) MP for Muzaffarnagar	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
		Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP for Bikaner	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
		Satya Pal Singh (born 1955) MP for Baghpat	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
Ministry merged with Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to form Ministry of Jal Shakti

Deputy Ministers

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Power
		Jaisukhlal Hathi (1909–1982) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha), until 1957 MP for Halar, from 1957	12 September 1952	17 April 1957	9 years, 210 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II	Jawaharlal Nehru
			17 April 1957	10 April 1962			Nehru III
		Shyam Dhar Mishra (1919–2001) MP for Mirzapur	15 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 223 days		Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
			11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
		Siddheshwar Prasad (1929–2023) MP for Nalanda	13 November 1967	18 March 1971	3 years, 170 days		Indira I	Indira Gandhi
			18 March 1971	2 May 1971			Indira II
		Baijnath Kureel (1920–1984) MP for Ramsanehighat	2 May 1971	4 February 1973	1 year, 278 days
		Balgovind Verma (1923–1980) MP for Kheri	5 February 1973	9 November 1973	277 days
		Siddheshwar Prasad (1929–2023) MP for Nalanda	9 November 1973	10 October 1974	335 days
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
		Kedar Nath Singh MP for Sultanpur	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
		Prabhudas Patel (1914–?) MP for Dabhoi	23 October 1974	14 March 1977	2 years, 142 days

Projects

• Indian Rivers Inter-link

References

1. "Govt forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries". Business Standard. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
2. "Budget turns spotlight on railways, roads". Times of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
3. 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.
4. "Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, RD &GR Government of India". Cgwb.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
5. "Home Page: Central Soil and Materials Research Station". Csmrs.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
6. "Central Water Commission - An apex organization in water resources development in India". Cwc.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
7. "National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India". Nihroorkee.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
8. "Welcome to NERIWALM, INDIA". Neriwalm.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
9. Central Ground Water Authority info, cgwb.gov.in, accessed 20 July 2021.

External links

• Ministry website