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Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

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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
FormedSeptember 1985; 39 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)
DissolvedMay 2019[1]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
Annual budgetUS$243,134,089[2]
Websitejalshakti-dowr.gov.in

Organisations

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CGWB

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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

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

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death) 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Works, Mines and Power
1   Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
(1896–1966)
MCA for Bombay 		15 August
1947 		26 December
1950 		3 years, 133 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Natural Resources and Scientific Research
2   Sri Prakasa
(1890–1971) 		26 December
1950 		13 May
1952 		1 year, 139 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
3   Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(1888–1958)
MP for Rampur 		13 May
1952 		6 June
1952 		24 days Nehru II
Minister of Irrigation and Power
4   Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha 		6 June
1952 		17 April
1957 		4 years, 315 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru
5   S. K. Patil
(1898–1981)
MP for Mumbai South 		17 April
1957 		2 April
1958 		350 days Nehru III
6   Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
(1889–1968)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		2 April
1958 		10 April
1962 		5 years, 85 days
10 April
1962 		26 June
1963 		Nehru IV
7 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)
8   H. C. Dasappa
(1894–1964)
MP for Bangalore 		9 June
1964 		19 July
1964 		40 days Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
(7) 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)
9   Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977)
MP for Barpeta 		24 January
1966 		13 November
1966 		293 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
(7) 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
10   K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for Nainital 		9 November
1973 		10 October
1974 		335 days
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
11   Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram 		10 October
1974 		2 February
1977 		2 years, 115 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
12   Parkash Singh Badal
(1927–2023)
MP for Faridkot 		28 March
1977 		17 June
1977 		81 days Shiromani Akali Dal Desai Morarji Desai
13   Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925–2017)
MP for Sangrur 		18 June
1977 		28 July
1979 		2 years, 40 days
14   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
15   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
16   Kedar Pandey
(1920–1982)
MP for Bettiah 		8 June
1980 		12 November
1980 		157 days
17   Rao Birender Singh
(1921–2000)
MP for Mahendragarh 		12 November
1980 		15 January
1982 		1 year, 64 days
(16)   Kedar Pandey
(1920–1982)
MP for Bettiah 		15 January
1982 		29 January
1983 		1 year, 14 days
18   Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(MoS, I/C) 		29 January
1983 		2 August
1984 		1 year, 186 days
19   Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		2 August
1984 		31 October
1984 		90 days
20   C. K. Jaffer Sharief
(1933–2018)
MP for Bangalore North 		4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		57 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
21   B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Rajiv II
Minister of Water Resources
22   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
23   Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(MoS, I/C) 		10 November
1987 		14 February
1988 		96 days
24   Dinesh Singh
(1925–1995)
MP for Pratapgarh 		14 February
1988 		25 June
1988 		132 days
(22)   B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		25 June
1988 		4 July
1989 		1 year, 9 days
25   M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala
(MoS, I/C) 		4 July
1989 		2 December
1989 		151 days
26   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
27   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
28   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
29 Janeshwar Mishra
(1933–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		345 days Samajwadi Party
21 April
1997 		9 June
1997 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
30   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
31   Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		13 October
1999 		22 November
1999 		40 days Vajpayee III
32   C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for Patna 		22 November
1999 		27 May
2000 		187 days
33   Arjun Charan Sethi
(1941–2020)
MP for Bhadrak 		27 May
2000 		22 May
2004 		3 years, 361 days Biju Janata Dal
34   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
35   Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934–2017)
MP for Silchar
(MoS, I/C) 		18 November
2005 		29 January
2006 		72 days
36   Saifuddin Soz
(born 1937)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		29 January
2006 		22 May
2009 		3 years, 113 days
37   Meira Kumar
(born 1945)
MP for Sasaram 		28 May
2009 		31 May
2009 		3 days Manmohan II
–   Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 		31 May
2009 		14 June
2009 		14 days
38   Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandigarh 		14 June
2009 		19 January
2011 		1 year, 219 days
39   Salman Khurshid
(born 1953)
MP for Farrukhabad 		19 January
2011 		12 July
2011 		174 days
(38)   Pawan Kumar Bansal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandigarh 		12 July
2011 		28 October
2012 		1 year, 108 days
40   Harish Rawat
(born 1948)
MP for Haridwar 		28 October
2012 		1 February
2014 		1 year, 96 days
41   Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		1 February
2014 		26 May
2014 		114 days
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
42   Uma Bharti
(born 1959)
MP for Jhansi 		27 May
2014 		3 September
2017 		3 years, 99 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
43   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

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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)
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
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)
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

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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

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References

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  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. ^ a b Central Ground Water Authority info, cgwb.gov.in, accessed 20 July 2021.
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