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. In May 2019, this ministry was merged with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to form the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Organisations Bansagar Control Board Betwa River Board Brahmaputra Board Central Ground Water Board Central Soil and Materials Research Station Central Water and Power Research Station Central Water Commission Farakka Barrage Project Ganga Flood Control Commission Narmada Control Authority National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee National Projects Construction Corporation Limited National Water Development Agency North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM) 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.Central Ground Water Authority info, cgwb.gov.in, accessed 20 July 2021.
It has following 4 wings: Sustainable Management & Liaison (SML) Survey, Assessment & Monitoring (SAM) Exploratory Drilling & Materials Management (ED&MM) Water Quality & Training and Technology Transfer (WQ&TT)
Cabinet Ministers Note: MoS (I/C) Minister of State (Independent Charge)
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of Irrigation and Power Gulzarilal Nanda 6 June 1952 17 April 1957 Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru S. K. Patil 17 April 1957 2 April 1958 Nehru III Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim 2 April 1958 10 April 1962 10 April 1962 26 June 1963 Nehru IV O. V. Alagesan(Minister of State) 26 June 1963 19 July 1963 Kanuri Lakshmana Rao(Minister of State) 19 July 1963 27 May 1964 27 May 1964 9 June 1964 Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda H. C. Dasappa 9 June 1964 19 July 1964 Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri Kanuri Lakshmana Rao(Minister of State) 19 July 1964 11 January 1966 11 January 1966 24 January 1966 Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 24 January 1966 13 November 1966 Indira I Indira Gandhi Kanuri Lakshmana Rao(Minister of State) 13 November 1966 13 March 1967 13 March 1967 18 March 1971 Indira II 18 March 1971 9 November 1973 Indian National Congress (R) Indira II K. C. Pant(Minister of State) 9 November 1973 10 October 1974 Minister of Irrigation A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 16 January 1980 8 June 1980 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi Kedar Pandey 8 June 1980 12 November 1980 Rao Birender Singh 12 November 1980 15 January 1982 Kedar Pandey 15 January 1982 29 January 1983 Ram Niwas Mirdha(Minister of State, I/C) 29 January 1983 2 August 1984 Prakash Chandra Sethi 2 August 1984 31 October 1984 C. K. Jaffer Sharief(Minister of State, I/C) 4 November 1984 31 December 1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi B. Shankaranand 31 December 1984 25 September 1985 Rajiv IIMinister of Water Resources B. Shankaranand 25 September 1985 22 August 1987 Indian National Congress Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi(Prime Minister) 22 August 1987 10 November 1987 Ram Niwas Mirdha(Minister of State, I/C) 10 November 1987 14 February 1988 Dinesh Singh 14 February 1988 25 June 1988 B. Shankaranand 25 June 1988 4 July 1989 M. M. Jacob(Minister of State, I/C) 4 July 1989 2 December 1989 Manubhai Kotadia(Minister of State, I/C until 5 Nov 1990) 6 December 1989 5 November 1990 Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh 21 November 1990 26 April 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar(Prime Minister) 26 April 1991 21 June 1991 Vidya Charan Shukla 21 June 1991 17 January 1996 Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao(Prime Minister) 17 January 1996 7 February 1996 A. R. Antulay 7 February 1996 16 May 1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda(Prime Minister) 1 June 1996 29 June 1996 Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda Janeshwar Mishra 29 June 1996 21 April 1997 Samajwadi Party 21 April 1997 9 June 1997 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Sis Ram Ola(Minister of State, I/C) 9 June 1997 19 March 1998 All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee Pramod Mahajan 13 October 1999 22 November 1999 Vajpayee III C. P. Thakur 22 November 1999 27 May 2000 Arjun Charan Sethi 27 May 2000 22 May 2004 Biju Janata Dal Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 23 May 2004 18 November 2005 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Santosh Mohan Dev(Minister of State, I/C) 18 November 2005 29 January 2006 Saifuddin Soz 29 January 2006 22 May 2009 Meira Kumar 28 May 2009 31 May 2009 Manmohan II Manmohan Singh(Prime Minister) 31 May 2009 14 June 2009 Pawan Kumar Bansal 14 June 2009 19 January 2011 Salman Khurshid 19 January 2011 12 July 2011 Pawan Kumar Bansal 12 July 2011 28 October 2012 Harish Rawat 28 October 2012 1 February 2014 Ghulam Nabi Azad 1 February 2014 26 May 2014 Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti 27 May 2014 3 September 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Nitin Gadkari 3 September 2017 30 May 2019
Ministers of State PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of State for Irrigation and PowerO. V. Alagesan19621963 Indian National Congress Nehru IVJawaharlal Nehru Kanuri Lakshmana Rao19641964 ShastriLal Bahadur Shastri19661966 Indira IIndira Gandhi Minister of State for Agriculture and IrrigationAnnasaheb Shinde19741977 Indian National Congress Indira II Indira GandhiShah Nawaz Khan19741977Bhanu Pratap Singh19771979Janata Party DesaiMorarji DesaiNathuram Mirdha19791979 Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh M. V. Krishnappa19791980 Minister of State for IrrigationZiaur Rahman Ansari19801983 Indian National Congress Indira III Indira GandhiHarinath Mishra19841984 Minister of State for Water ResourcesKrishna Sahi19881989 Indian National Congress Rajiv IIRajiv GandhiPrem Khandu Thungan19931995 Rao P. V. Narasimha RaoP. V. Rangayya Naidu19951996Sompal Shastri19991999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari VajpayeeBijoya Chakravarty19992004 Vajpayee III Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav20042005 Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan I Manmohan Singh20062009Vincent Pala20092012Indian National Congress Manmohan II Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga RejuvenationSantosh Kumar Gangwar20142014 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra ModiSanwar Lal Jat20142016Vijay Goel20162017Sanjeev Balyan20162017Arjun Ram Meghwal20172019Satya Pal Singh20172019
Deputy Ministers PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Power Jaisukhlal Hathi19521957 Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru19571962 Nehru III Shyam Dhar Mishra19641966 ShastriLal Bahadur Shastri19661966 Nanda IIGulzarilal Nanda(acting) Siddheshwar Prasad19671971 Indira I Indira Gandhi19711971 Indira IIBaijnath Kureel19711973Balgovind Verma19731973Siddheshwar Prasad19731974 Deputy Minister of Agriculture and IrrigationKedar Nath Singh19741977 Indian National Congress Indira II Indira GandhiPrabhudas Patel19741977
Projects Indian Rivers Inter-link
References
External links Ministry website