Ministry of Jal Shakti

Ministry of Jal Shakti
	Emblem of India
Agency overview
Formed	May 2019
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Ministers responsible	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Cabinet Minister; Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State; Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State;
Website	www.mowr.gov.in

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.^[1]

The formation of this ministry reflects India's seriousness towards the mounting water challenges the country has been facing over the past few decades.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] The ministry has also launched its special campaigns on social so that citizens of the country become aware of water conservation.

Ministers

	Name	Portrait	Tenure			Political Party	Prime Minister
	Ministry of Water Resources
1	B. Shankaranand		25 September 1985	22 August 1987	1 year, 331 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv Gandhi
2	Rajiv Gandhi		22 August 1987	10 November 1987	80 days
3	Ram Niwas Mirdha (Independent Charge)		10 November 1987	14 February 1988	96 days
4	Dinesh Singh		14 February 1988	25 June 1988	132 days
(1)	B. Shankaranand		25 June 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 9 days
5	M. M. Jacob (Independent Charge)		4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
6	Manubhai Kotadia (Independent Charge)		6 December 1989	5 November 1990	334 days	Janata Dal	V. P. Singh
6	Manubhai Kotadia (Independent Charge)		21 November 1990	26 April 1991	156 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
7	Chandra Shekhar		26 April 1991	21 June 1991	56 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
8	Vidya Charan Shukla		21 June 1991	17 January 1996	4 years, 210 days	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
9	A. R. Antulay		17 January 1996	16 May 1996	120 days	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
10	Atal Bihari Vajpayee		16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
11	I. K. Gujral		1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	H. D. Deve Gowda
12	Janeshwar Mishra		29 June 1996	9 June 1997	345 days	Samajwadi Party	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
13	Sis Ram Ola (Independent Charge)		9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	I. K. Gujral
(10)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee		19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
14	Pramod Mahajan	File:Pramod Mahajan.jpg	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	40 days
15	C.P. Thakur		22 November 1999	27 May 2000	187 days
16	Arjun Charan Sethi		27 May 2000	22 May 2004	3 years, 361 days	Biju Janata Dal
17	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Independent Charge)		23 May 2004	18 November 2005	1 year, 179 days	Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance)	Manmohan Singh
18	Santosh Mohan Dev (Independent Charge)		18 November 2005	29 January 2006	72 days
19	Saifuddin Soz		29 January 2006	22 May 2009	3 years, 113 days
20	Meira Kumar		28 May 2009	31 May 2009	3 days
21	Manmohan Singh		31 May 2009	14 June 2009	14 days
22	Pawan Kumar Bansal		14 June 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 219 days
23	Salman Khurshid		19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
(22)	Pawan Kumar Bansal		12 July 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 108 days
24	Harish Rawat		28 October 2012	1 February 2014	1 year, 96 days
25	Ghulam Nabi Azad		1 February 2014	26 May 2014	114 days
	Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvention
26	Uma Bharati		26 May 2014	3 September 2017	3 years, 100 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
27	Nitin Gadkari		3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
	Ministry of Jal Shakti
28	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat		30 May 2019	Incumbent	7 years, 73 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi

List of Ministers of State

Ministers of State For Jal Shakti
Minister of state	Political party	Term		Days
Rattan Lal Kataria	Bharatiya Janata Party	30 May 2019	7 July 2021	769 days
Prahlad Singh Patel		7 July 2021	Incumbent	1861 days
Bishweswar Tudu		7 July 2021	Incumbent	1861 days

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Govt forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries". Business Standard. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
↑ "Water Challenges: India Forms a New Ministry". Report Syndication. September 25, 2019.
↑ "Government forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking water Ministry". thehindubusinessline.com. PTI, New Delhi.
↑ "Department of Water Resources RD & GR, Government of India". Department of Water Resources, Government of India.

[Jal_Shakti-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Govt forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries". Business Standard. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

[2] "Water Challenges: India Forms a New Ministry". Report Syndication. September 25, 2019.

[3] "Government forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking water Ministry". thehindubusinessline.com. PTI, New Delhi.

[4] "Department of Water Resources RD & GR, Government of India". Department of Water Resources, Government of India.

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Agency overview
Emblem of India
Formed	May 2019^[1]
Jurisdiction	Republic of India
Ministers responsible	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Cabinet Minister Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State
Website	www.mowr.gov.in