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{{Infobox government agency
| name = Ministry of Jal Shakti
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| logo = http://indiawater.gov.in/imisreports/nrdwpmain.aspx
| formed = May 2019<ref name="Jal Shakti">{{cite web | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-forms-jal-shakti-ministry-by-merging-water-resources-and-drinking-water-ministries-119053100711_1.html | title=Govt forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries | publisher=Business Standard | date=31 May 2019 | access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>
| jurisdiction = [[Republic of India]]
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|minister1_name = [[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]]
| image =
|minister1_pfo = Cabinet Minister
|minister2_name = [[Prahlad Singh Patel]]
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| minister3_name = [[Bishweswar Tudu]]
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'''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 [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation]].<ref name="Jal Shakti">{{cite web | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-forms-jal-shakti-ministry-by-merging-water-resources-and-drinking-water-ministries-119053100711_1.html | title=Govt forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries | publisher=Business Standard | date=31 May 2019 | access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>

The formation of this ministry reflects India's seriousness towards the mounting water challenges the country has been facing over the past few decades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reportsyndication.news.blog/2019/09/25/water-challenges-india-forms-a-new-ministry|title=Water Challenges: India Forms a New Ministry|date=September 25, 2019|website=Report Syndication}}</ref>

==Functions==

The ministry was incorporated with an aim to clean the river [[Ganges]]. They would also encompass any international or national disputes between inter-state water bodies and the rivers which are shared by India along with other neighboring countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Government forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking water Ministry |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/govt-forms-jal-shakti-ministry-by-merging-water-resources-and-drinking-water-ministries/article27378402.ece |website=thehindubusinessline.com |publisher=PTI, New Delhi}}</ref> A special project "Namami Gange" project has been launched to clean Ganga and its tributaries to provide safe drinking water to people of the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Water Resources RD & GR, Government of India |url=http://mowr.gov.in/ |publisher=Department of Water Resources, Government of India}}</ref> The ministry has also launched its special campaigns on social so that citizens of the country become aware of water conservation.

== Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
!
! width="200px" |Name
!Portrait
! colspan="3" width="100px" |Tenure
! colspan=2|Political Party
!Prime Minister
|-
!
! colspan="8" |Ministry of Water Resources
|-
|1
|[[B. Shankaranand]]
|
|25 September 1985
|22 August 1987
|{{Ayd|25 september 1985|22 august 1987}}
| rowspan="6" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="6" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="6" | [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|2
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|[[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|100x100px]]
|22 August 1987
|10 November 1987
|{{Ayd|22 august 1987|10 november 1987}}
|-
|3
|[[Ram Niwas Mirdha]] (Independent Charge)
|[[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|10 November 1987
|14 February 1988
|{{Ayd|10 november 1987|14 february 1988}}
|-
|4
|[[Dinesh Singh (politician)|Dinesh Singh]]
|
|14 February 1988
|25 June 1988
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|25 june 1988}}
|-
|(1)
|[[B. Shankaranand]]
|
|25 June 1988
|4 July 1989
|{{Ayd|25 june 1988|4 july 1989}}
|-
|5
|[[M. M. Jacob]] (Independent Charge)
|[[File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg|103x103px]]
|4 July 1989
|2 December 1989
|{{Ayd|4 july 1989|2 december 1989}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |6
| rowspan="2" |[[Manubhai Kotadia]] (Independent Charge)
| rowspan="2" |
| 6 December 1989
| 5 November 1990
|{{Ayd|6 december 1989|5 november 1990}}
| rowspan="1" | [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
| 21 November 1990
| 26 April 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|26 april 1991}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|7
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|99x99px]]
| 26 April 1991
| 21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|26 april 1991|21 june 1991}}
|-
|8
|[[Vidya Charan Shukla]]
|
|21 June 1991
|17 January 1996
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|17 january 1996}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|9
|[[A. R. Antulay]]
|
|17 January 1996
|16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|17 january 1996|16 may 1996}}
|-
|10
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
|16 May 1996
|1 June 1996
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
| rowspan="1" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|11
|[[I. K. Gujral]]
|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 017.jpg|104x104px]]
|1 June 1996
|29 June 1996
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|29 june 1996}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" |[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|12
|[[Janeshwar Mishra]]
|
|29 June 1996
|9 June 1997
|{{Ayd|29 june 1996|9 june 1997}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Samajwadi Party]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" |[[H. D. Deve Gowda]] [[I. K. Gujral]]
|-
|13
|[[Sis Ram Ola]] (Independent Charge)
|[[File:Shri Sis Ram Ola in his office after taking over the charge as the Union Minister of Labour & Employment in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg|75x75px]]
|9 June 1997
|19 March 1998
|{{Ayd|9 june 1997|19 march 1998}}
| rowspan="1" |[[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="1" |[[I. K. Gujral]]
|-
|(10)
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
| 19 March 1998
| 13 October 1999
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|13 october 1999}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="4" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|14
|[[Pramod Mahajan]]
|[[File:Pramod Mahajan.jpg|85x85px]]
|13 October 1999
|22 November 1999
|{{Ayd|13 october 1999|22 november 1999}}
|-
|15
|[[C.P. Thakur]]
|[[File:The Union Minister for SSI & DoNER Dr. C.P.Thakur briefing the Press regarding forthcoming Second North-East Business Summit (20-21 January, 2004) in New Delhi on January 15, 2004.jpg|75x75px]]
|22 November 1999
|27 May 2000
|{{Ayd|22 november 1999|27 may 2000}}
|-
|16
|[[Arjun Charan Sethi]]
|[[File:Arjun Charan Sethi Image.jpg|75x75px]]
|27 May 2000
|22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|27 may 2000|22 may 2004}}
| rowspan="1" | [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|-
|17
|[[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]] (Independent Charge)
|[[File:The Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Parliament Affairs, Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi addressing the media on the completion of UPA Government’s three years in office, in New Delhi on May 23, 2007.jpg|75x75px]]
|23 May 2004
|18 November 2005
|{{Ayd|23 may 2004|18 november 2005}}
| rowspan="10" |[[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
| rowspan="10" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="10" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|18
|[[Santosh Mohan Dev]] (Independent Charge)
|[[File:The Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (Independent Charge), Shri Santosh Mohan Dev addressing the Press in New Delhi on October 14, 2004.jpg|96x96px]]
|18 November 2005
|29 January 2006
|{{Ayd|18 november 2005|29 january 2006}}
|-
|19
|[[Saifuddin Soz]]
|[[File:The Union Minister for Water Resources, Prof. Saifuddin Soz interacting with the Media on important Water Resources related issues, in New Delhi on July 17, 2008.jpg|75x75px]]
|29 January 2006
|22 May 2009
|{{Ayd|29 january 2006|22 may 2009}}
|-
|20
|[[Meira Kumar]]
|[[File:The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar in 2010.jpg|95x95px]]
|28 May 2009
|31 May 2009
|{{Ayd|28 may 2009|31 may 2009}}
|-
|21
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|[[File:Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in March 2014.jpg|94x94px]]
|31 May 2009
|14 June 2009
|{{Ayd|31 may 2009|14 june 2009}}
|-
|22
|[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
|[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg|80x80px]]
|14 June 2009
|19 January 2011
|{{Ayd|14 june 2009|19 january 2011}}
|-
|23
|[[Salman Khurshid]]
|[[File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
|19 January 2011
|12 July 2011
|{{Ayd|19 january 2011|12 july 2011}}
|-
|(22)
|[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
|[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg|80x80px]]
|12 July 2011
|28 October 2012
|{{Ayd|12 july 2011|28 october 2012}}
|-
|24
|[[Harish Rawat]]
|[[File:HarishRawat.jpg|100x100px]]
|28 October 2012
|1 February 2014
|{{Ayd|28 october 2012|1 february 2014}}
|-
|25
|[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|98x98px]]
|1 February 2014
|26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|1 february 2014|26 may 2014}}
|-
!
! colspan="8" |Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvention
|-
|26
|[[Uma Bharati]]
|[[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|100x100px]]
|26 May 2014
|3 September 2017
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|3 september 2017}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|27
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|[[File:Nitin Gadkari 1 (cropped).JPG|95x95px]]
|3 September 2017
|30 May 2019
|{{Ayd|3 september 2017|30 may 2019}}
|-
!
! colspan="8" |Ministry of Jal Shakti
|-
|28
|[[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]]
|[[File:Gajendra Singh Shekhawat addressing at the inauguration of the “National Workshop on Developing a Roadmap for Agriculture Knowledge Management in India”, in New Delhi.jpg|84x84px]]
|30 May 2019
|''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|30 may 2019|}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Narendra Modi]]
|}

== List of Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Ministers of State For Jal Shakti
! [[Minister of state]]
! Portrait
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! Days
|-align=center
|[[Rattan Lal Kataria]]
|[[File:Shri Rattan Lal Kataria taking charge as the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|Rowspan=3|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#FF9933|
|30 May 2019
|7 July 2021
|{{Age in days|2019|05|30|2021|07|07}} days
|-align=center
|[[Prahlad Singh Patel]]
|
|7 July 2021
|Incumbent
|{{Age in days|2021|07|07}} days
|-align=center
|[[Bishweswar Tudu]]
|
|7 July 2021
|Incumbent
|{{Age in days|2021|07|07}} days

|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Union ministries of India}}

[[Category:Government ministries of India]]
[[Category:Ministry of Water Resources (India)]]
[[Category:Ministries established in 2019]]

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