Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
	Emblem of India
Agency overview
Formed	September 1985; 41 years ago
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
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
Website	jalshakti-dowr.gov.in

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.

Organisations[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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]

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

Cabinet Ministers[edit | edit source]

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

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
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		Nehru III
		10 April 1962	26 June 1963	5 years, 85 days		Nehru IV
	O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu (Minister of State)	26 June 1963	19 July 1963	23 days
	Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada (Minister of State)	19 July 1963	27 May 1964	326 days
		27 May 1964	9 June 1964	326 days		Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
	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 (Minister of State)	19 July 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 189 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
		11 January 1966	24 January 1966	1 year, 189 days		Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
	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 (Minister of State)	13 November 1966	13 March 1967	6 years, 361 days		Indira I
		13 March 1967	18 March 1971			Indira II
		18 March 1971	9 November 1973		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II
	K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for Nainital (Minister of State)	9 November 1973	10 October 1974	335 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II
Merged with Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation during this interval
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 IV		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) (Minister of State, 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 (Minister of State, I/C)	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		Rajiv Gandhi
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) (Minister of State, 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) (Minister of State, I/C)	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
	Manubhai Kotadia (1936–2003) MP for Amreli (Minister of State, I/C until 5 Nov 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	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
	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	Samajwadi Party	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
		21 April 1997	9 June 1997	345 days	Samajwadi Party	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
	Sis Ram Ola (1927–2013) MP for Jhunjhunu (Minister of State, I/C)	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
	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 (Minister of State, 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 (1932–2024) 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	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
Merged into the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
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
	Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP for Vijayawada	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	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
	Bhanu Pratap Singh (born 1935) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh	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	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan	Charan Singh
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	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
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		Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
	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	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	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
	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (born 1954) MP for Munger	24 October 2006	22 May 2009	2 years, 210 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Manmohan I
	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) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan	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[edit | edit source]

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
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	9 years, 210 days		Nehru III	Jawaharlal Nehru
	Shyam Dhar Mishra (1919–2001) MP for Mirzapur	15 June 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 223 days		Shastri	Lal Bahadur Shastri
	Shyam Dhar Mishra (1919–2001) MP for Mirzapur	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	1 year, 223 days		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
	Siddheshwar Prasad (1929–2023) MP for Nalanda	18 March 1971	2 May 1971	3 years, 170 days		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	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi

Projects[edit | edit source]

Indian Rivers Inter-link

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "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.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Central Ground Water Authority info, cgwb.gov.in, accessed 20 July 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]

Ministry website

[Jal_Shakti-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.

[cg1-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Central Ground Water Authority info, cgwb.gov.in, accessed 20 July 2021.

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Agency overview
Emblem of India
Formed	September 1985; 41 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]
Website	jalshakti-dowr.gov.in