PRESENTATION

BEFORE
SECRETARY (Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation)

Vision
Optimum

and sustainable utilization of Water

Resources
Mission
To develop and implement policies, programmes
and practices, which would enable the efficient
and effective use of the countrys water resources
in an equitable and sustainable manner with
active involvement of stakeholders as also enable
the management of floods and to disseminate
information, skills and knowledge, which would
help in capacity building and mass awareness.

Rejuvenation of River Ganga and its tributaries

Implementation of National Water Policy, 2012
Sustainable Ground Water Management & its Regulation
Development of water resources data base and Flood
Management / flood forecasting
Creation of irrigation potential and Reducing Gap between
the Irrigation Potential Created (IPC) & Irrigation Potential
Utilized (IPU) .
Nurturing excellence & Innovation through Research &
Development and Capacity Building. .
Promotion of increase in water use efficiency and
awareness for water conservation.
Planning & Integrated implementation of measures for
management of floods and bank erosion.
National Water Mission with its 5 goals

National Water Policy

Adopted by National Water Resources
Council chaired by PM in December, 2012.
It takes cognizance of the existing
situation, proposes plan of action with a
unified national perspective, emphasizing
inter-alia water demand management and
adaptation strategies to address issues of
climate change etc.

Spatial variation of rainfall

Temporal variation of rainfall

Per Capita Water Availability

Water Scenario in India

contd..

Reducing per capita water availability

Per capita water availability in m 3 /year
Water stress 1700 m3/capita/year

Water scarcity 1000 m3/capita/year

Water Scenario in India

1123 BCM Annual Average Availability of Water

Billion Cubic Metres

1180

843

- Water Use Efficiency low 35 - 45%

against 50% - 60% in developed countries

Resources
August 1952 Ministry of Irrigation and Power
November 1974 Separate Department of Irrigation

(Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation)

June 1980 Full fledged Ministry of Irrigation
January 1985 Ministry of Irrigation and Power
September 1985 Ministry of Water Resources

created by upgrading Department of Irrigation.

July

2014-Renamed

Resources ,RD & GR

as

Ministry

of

Water

Constitutional Provisions on
Water
In the Constitution, water is a matter included in Entry 17 of
List-II i.e. State List. This entry is subject to the provision of
Entry 56 of List-I i.e. Union List.
Entry 17 of List II (State List) of the 7th Schedule
Water, that is to say, water supplies, irrigation and canals,
drainage and embankments, water storage and water power
subject to provisions of entry 56 of List I.
Entry 56 of List I (Union List) of the 7th Schedule
Regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river
valleys to the extent to which such regulation and development
under the control of the Union is declared by Parliament by law
to be expedient in the public interest.

Constitutional Provisions on
Water contd
Art. 262 Disputes relating to Water - Adjudication of disputes
relating to waters of inter-State rivers or river valleys
1.

Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of any dispute or

complaint with respect to the use, distribution or control of the waters
of, or in, any inter-State river or river valley.

2.

Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may by law

provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall
exercise jurisdiction in respect of any such dispute or complaint as is
referred to in clause (1).

Inter State Water Disputes Act, 1956 provides for

setting up of Tribunals (Draft Bill for Amendment along
with the Note for the Cabinet, as vetted by MoL&J is
under consideration in the office of Honble Minister,
WR,RD & GR before its circulation to concerned Central
Ministries and PMO.
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Mandate of Ministry

Development, conservation and

management of water as a
national resource.
Overall national perspective of water planning & coordination in
relation to diverse uses of water and interlinking of rivers
Water laws and legislations.
NGRBA including the Mission Directorate, NMCG & other related
matters of Ganga Rejuvenation.
Conservation, development, management and abatement of
pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries.
Addressing inter-State and trans-boundary issues.
Bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation.
Matters relating to rivers common to India and neighboring
countries.
General policy, guidelines and programmes for development and
regulation of countrys water resources.
Water resources assessment.
Water quality assessment

Organizational Chart of
MoWR,RD & GR
Minister (Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation)
Sushri Uma Bharati
Minister of State (Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation)
Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat
Secretary
Shri Shashi Shekhar
Additional Secretary
Dr. Amarjit Singh

ADG (Stat)
(Mr. Sarvesh Kumar)

Joint Secretary
(Admn & GW)
Dr. Amita Prasad

Joint Secretary
(Policy & Planning)
Dr. B. Rajender

Joint Secretary &

Financial Advisor

Commissioner (FM)

Commissioner (Indus)

Shri N.K.Mathur

Commissioner
(B&B)
Shri T S Mehra

Economic Advisor

Advisor (C&M/NWM)

Shri K.M.M. Alimalmigothi

Dr. M.SatyaNaryana

Shri K.Vohra

Adviser (Tech.)-NWM
Sh. Joginder Singh

Mission Director
(NWM)
(Addl. Secretary Rank)
Joint Secretary & MD
(NMCG)
Mr. T.V.S.N. Prasad
Commissioner
(State Projects/CAD)
Shri Pradeep Kumar
Commissioner
(Peninsular Rivers)

Organizations Under Ministry

Attached Offices
1.Central Water Commission, Delhi
2.Central Soil and Material Research
Station, Delhi

Organizations Under Ministry

Subordinate Offices
1. Central Ground Water Board, Faridabad
2. Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune
3. Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna
4. Farakka Barrage Project, Farakka
5. Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee,
Vadodara
6. Bansagar Control Board, Rewa
7. Upper Yamuna River Board, Delhi
8. Polavaram Project Authority

Organizations Under
Ministry
Statutory Bodies
1. Brahmaputra Board, Guwahati
2. Narmada Control Authority, Indore
3. Betwa River Board, Jhansi
4. Tungbhadra Board, Hospet
5. Godavari River Management Board
6. Krishna River Management Board
Autonomous Bodies
1.

National Water Development Agency, Delhi

2.

National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee

Organizations Under Ministry

Public Sector Enterprises
1.

WAPCOS Limited, Delhi

2.

National Projects Construction

Corporation Limited, Faridabad

OVERVIEW OF PLAN OUTLAY FOR

Rs. in crore
MoWR, RD & GR

Category

XI Plan Expenditu
Outlay re in XI
Plan

XII Plan
Outlay
(2012-17)

Actual
Exp.
2012-13

Actual
Exp.
2013-14

Actual
Exp.
2014-15

BE for
2015-16

Central
Sector
Schemes

3246

2556.40

18118.00

510.36

498.32

1629.25

1607.00

State
Sector
Schemes

47015

37571.40

91435.00

6503.61

3813.84

3261.05

2000.00

Total

50261

40127.80

109553.00

7013.97

4312.16

4890.30

3607.00

12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16

(Rs. in
CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES (CSS)
Crore)

S.
No.

Scheme

Outlay
of 12th
Plan

CCEA/EFC
status

Development of WRIS

2247

Approved

Flood Forecasting

Exp in 12th
Plan up to
March 2015

BE
2015-16

159.77

81.00

794

2nd EFC mtg held

and approval is
awaited

77.31

50.00

103.53

10.00

Hydrology Project-II & III

120

II-Completed
and III under
appraisal

Ground Water Mgmt &

Regulation

3319

Approved

314.30

163.00

Research & Development

360

Approved

94.18

30.00

HRD/Capacity Building

610

Approved

67.24

29.00

Infrastructure Development

337

Approved

36.31

17.00

River Basin Management

1280

Approved

439.19

119.00

12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16 CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES (CSS)
(Contd)

S.
No.

(Rs. in
Crore)
Exp in
12th Plan
BE
up to
2015-16
March
2015

Outlay of
12th Plan

CCEA/ EFC
status

763.00

Approved

136.80

102.00

558

Approved

242.72

100.00

1390

Approved

2.00

20.00

6000

under process.

0.24

1.00

Dam Rehabilitation and

Improvement Project (DRIP)

120

Approved during
XI Plan

18.86

29.00

14 Bodwad Prisar Sinchan Yojana

CCEA approved in
2012

66.67

1.00

AIBFMP
(Impact Assessment Study)

0.03

5.00

Scheme

River Management Activities &

Works related to Border Rivers

10 Farakka Barrage Project

11

Implementation Of National Water

Mission(NWM)

12 Irrigation Mgmt Prog

13

15

12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16 CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES
(Contd)

S.
No.

Scheme

16

Polavaram Multipurpose Project

17

National River Conservation

Plan
National Ganga Plan (not
included in Budget of Ministry)
DPR for interlinking

18
19
20
21

Ghat works for beautification of

river fronts
Water Projects of NCT

Total

(Rs. in
Crore)
Exp in
12th Plan
BE
up to
2015-16
March
2015

Outlay of
12th Plan

CCEA/ EFC status

0.00

Approved

250.00

100.00

0.00

Approved

342.40

550.00

0.00

Approved

0.00

2100.00

0.00

Approval under
process

0.00

100.00

0.00

100.00

320.00

0.00

3671.45

3707.00

0.00

0.00
18118

Approved

Approved
-

Exp. 2015-16 up to 2.6.2015- Rs.46.49 cr

12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16

CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES

Rs. in crore

S.N
o.

Scheme

XII Plan
Outlay

CCEA
approved
amount

Exp in 12th
Plan up to
March 2015

BE 201516

1.

AIBP and National

Projects

55200.00

55200.00

12547.51

251.00

2.

CAD&WM

15000.00

15000.00

745.16

397.00

3.

Flood Management

10000.00

10000.00

208.90

151.00

4.

Repair, Renovation and

Restoration of water
Bodies

6235.00

6233.00

893.08

201.00

5.

GW Development in
Eastern and North
Eastern Region

5000.00

EFC Note
under
preparation

0.00

0.00

Pradhan Mantri Krishi

Sinchai Yojana

0.00

Under
Approval stage

0.00

1000.00

Total

91435.00

14394.65

2000.00

Growth of Irrigation Potential Created

(Cumulative)
-Major and Medium Irrigation Sector

Minor irrigation projects

Flood Management
(Area in Mha)

Total max. flood affected area

49.815

Area that could be provided with 39.852

reasonable degree of protection

Area protected against floods

(March 2013)

18.78

Thrust Areas - XII Plan

Revamping of AIBP by merger of AIBP and CAD&WM
Aquifer mapping of entire country within the 12th and 13th

Five Year Plans

National Water Mission - one of the eight National

Missions of National Action Plan for Climate Change

(NAPCC) to address issues relating to climate change
Up-gradation of the National Research Institutions to
International standards

Thrust Areas - XII Plan

contd

To strengthen Indias capacity to provide technical

assistance to other developing countries at par with

the developed countries
To strengthen State level institutions like WALMIs to

cater training and awareness building at the grass

root level to support the National Water Mission
For

promoting basin level integrated water

resources management, Central Water Commission
(CWC) is being restructured to strengthen its
capacity etc.

Ganga Rejuvenation
Structural Reorganization
Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission Namami Gange announced and

budget allocations made (July 2014); Gazette Notification - 1st of August

2014, for Ministry of (WR, RD & GR).
NGRBA reconstituted (29th Sep 2014), meetings held ( 27th of October 2014
chaired by Minister, WR, RD, & GR and 26 th of March, 2015 chaired by
Honble PM)

Stakeholder Consultations
Ganga Manthan National level stakeholder consultation (7th of July 2014)
Website of NMCG launched with platform for suggestions (12th of September

2014),
Suggestions from mygov.in considered regularly
Consultation workshop with Industries ( 19th September/ 8th October
2014)

Strategy Formulation
Constitution of Group of Secretaries to finalize the action plan for Ganga

Rejuvenation- 6th June 2014, Submission of the report (28th of August 2014)
Review by Honble PM on 8th September, 2014 and 6th Jan 2015
EFC meeting held on 30th Dec 2014
High Level Task Force (HLTF) constituted chaired by Cabinet Secretary, 2

meetings held 13th Feb & 5th May 2015

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Ganga Rejuvenation

-2

Cabinet approves Rs 20,000 Cr for Namami

Gange for 2015-20 on 13.05 2015
Projects ongoing in 50 towns (Rs 5900 crores)
Additional projects worth Rs. 1700 Cr slated for sanction

Last Mile Projects (100% Town coverage of sewage

treatment taken up/ongoing):
Allahabad; Varanasi; Haridwar (Preparations for upcoming Ardh

Khumbh - Chandighat construction); Garhmukteshwar (Pilot

Livelihood project for boatmen); Patna River Front Development;
Sahibganj; Bhatpara, Kalyani, Gayespur, Halisahar
Kanpur Jajmau tannery cluster, under process

Ganga Rejuvenation- 3
Partnership launched with all 118 towns on the main

stem

Ganga PIU being established in all 118 towns with

rolling fund and dedicated staff under the Nirmal Ganga

Sahbhagita scheme

Similar exercise with all 1649 Gram Panchayats

Project sponsoring facility launched with Ministry of

Overseas Indian Affairs /CSR funding to incubate

innovation and expedite projects

Notices issued to all Municipalities(118 ULBs)/687

Grossly polluting industries follow up on action

plans

Ganga

Rejuvenation- 4

Bidders conference held with MoUD empanelled

consultancy firms for DPRs and city plans

Market conference held with domestic/international

sewage treatment industry- 268 participants

Conferences scheduled with District Magistrates of

Ganga districts in May /June

Partnership

with
Affairs/NYKS/AYUSH

Ministry

of

Youth

Projects formulated for tackling Ghat and river

surface pollutionwaste collection

Aerators/trash

skimmers/Solid

Eco-Task Force being operationalized

National Hydrology
Project
HP - I (1995-2003)

HP - II (2006-2014)

NHP

INDI

Map not to
A
scale

On Going States
New
States

9 States
6 Central Agencies

13 States
8 Central Agencies

Pan-India
Cost Rs 3640 crore

NHP proposes:
Establishing and upgrading Hydro-met network in all the river basins;
Bringing the entire hydro-meteorological data on a standardised
central database for easy storage, validation and dissemination;
Development of Decision Support Systems for flood forecasting,
reservoir operations, water resources planning & management,
conjunctive use etc. following a river basin approach;
Enhancing capacity of the States and increasing collaboration
between Centre & States and amongst the States themselves.
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Water Quality Assessment

WQAA was constituted
under the Environment (Protection) Act,
Authority

1986 for uniformity in water quality monitoring and directing the

concerned agencies to take effective measures for mitigating the
contamination of the surface and ground water.
WQAA functions under the Chairmanship of Secretary, MoE, F &
CC. It has 16 members. Joint Secretary (A), MoWR, RD & GR is
the Member Secretary of WQAA. The secretarial services to WQAA
is being provided by the Water Quality Cell of MoWR, RD & GR.
The Authority has been vested with the powers under Section 5 of
the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for issuing directions and
for taking measures with respect to matters referred to in clauses
(ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) of sub-section 2 of Section 3 of the Act.

Aquifer Mapping &

Management: Project Activities
Scientific
data
generation
through
Investigations, Field studies and drillings.

Surveys,

Use of digital satellite data for capturing data on

geomorphology, land use, vegetation, soil moisture to
generate various thematic layers/maps.
Develop Aquifer Response Models for sustainable usage
of ground water resources.
Prepare Aquifer Management Plans for different aquifers
and implement through participation of community.

Project Objectives
Aquifer

Maps on
3Dimensions (3D)

1:50,000

&

1:10,000

scales

in

Target Area : 23.25 Lakh Km2

in XII and XIII Plan, 8.89

lakh sq.km in XII Plan alone (1:50,000); Priority : OverExploited, Critical and Semi-critical areas as well as water
quality and other vulnerable areas.

Regulate and control development and management of

ground water resources.

Capacity building of Government officials, functionaries of

Panchayati Raj Institutions and grass root workers;

Enhanced coordination among stakeholders, particularly,
concerned Central / State Government Organizations.

National Water Mission

a.

Comprehensive water data base in public domain and

assessment
of
the impact of climate change on
water resources

b.

Promotion of citizen and state actions for water

conservation,
augmentation and preservation

c.

Focused attention to vulnerable areas including overexploited areas

d.

Increasing water use efficiency by 20%

e.

Promotion of basin level integrated water resources

management

INTER-STATE WATER DISPUTE TRUBUNALS

I. Water Disputes Tribunals Awards finalized
Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (July, 1980)
Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal I (May, 1976)
Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (Dec., 1979)
II. Existing Water Disputes Tribunals
Ravi-Beas Water Disputes Tribunal
(Final award awaited. Presidential Reference pending before Supreme
Court, as such matter is sub-judice)

Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal

(Award published on 19th Feb 2013. Hearing on Further reference is going on .
Meanwhile, Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by party States in Honble
Supreme Court pending and as such the matter is sub-judice. )

Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) II

(Final award notification stayed by Supreme Court. Term extended till
31st July, 2016 as per Section 89 of Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act,
2014)

Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (under adjudication)

Vansadhara Water Disputes Tribunal (under adjudication)

Inter-state Dispute
resolution
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
The award of the Cauvery Water
Dispute Tribunal (2007) on the dispute
related to distribution of Cauvery
water amongst party States including
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has been
published on 19.02.2013 and pro tem
Supervisory Committee has been set
up for implementation of the same.

Special Committee on ILR

Four meetings of the Special Committee for

Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) have been held so

far. The meeting has been attended by the
State Irrigation/Water Resources Ministers of
various States along with their Secretaries.
MoWR,RD&GR has constituted the Task Force
on Inter linking of Rivers and four other subcommittees to look in to issues of the Interlinking of rivers.

Interlinking of rivers

Status of preparation of Detailed Project Reports for Inter Basin Water

Transfer Links of NPP
Sl.
No.
1

Name of
Link/Project
Ken -Betwa
(Phase -I)

2.

Ken -Betwa
(Phase -II)

Damanganga
Pinjal

Par -Tapi Narmada

Rivers
Ken & Betwa

States
concerned
Uttar Pradesh
and Madhya
Pradesh

Status
DPR of Phase
-I project has been
completed & is under appraisal in
CWC. The issues related to
Envir onment, Forests and Wildlife
clearances are being actively
resolved with the Ministry of
Environment and Forest
.

Ken & Betwa

Uttar Pradesh
and Madhya
Pradesh

DPR has been completed and

submitted to Government of
Madhya Pradesh a
nd Uttar
Pradesh vide NWDA letter dated
January 17, 2014.

Damanganga
& Pinjal

Gujarat &
Maharashtra

DPR has been completed in

March, 2014 and sent to Govt. of
Maharashtra and Gujarat on
09.04.2014.

Par, Tapi &

N armada

Gujarat &
Maharashtra

DPR is under progress and

scheduled to be completed by
June 2015
.

Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR)- Details/Status of

preparation of DPR for Intra-State Links
Sl.
No.
1

Name of link

Rivers

States
Status
concerned
Bihar
DPR has been completed and
submitted to Government of Bihar
vide NWDA letter dated
December 30, 2013.

Burhi Gandak
Noon
Baya
Ganga link

Burhi
Gandak
and
Ganga

KosiMechi
Link

Kosi
and
Mechi

Bihar

DPR has been completed and sent

to Govt. of Bihar vide NWDA
letter dated April 02, 2014.

3.

Ponnnaiyar
Palar
link

Ponnnaiyar
And
Palar

Tamil
Nadu

DPR is under progress and

scheduled to be completed by July,
2015.

Wainganga
(Gosikurd)
Nalganga
(Purna Tapi) link
BarkarDamodarSubernarekha
Link

Wainganga
and
Purna Tapi

Maharashtra DPR is under progress and

scheduled to be completed by
March, 2017.

Barkar,
Damodar
and
Subernarekha

Jharkhand

DPR taken up in April, 2014 and

scheduled to be completed by
March, 2017.

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Pakistan (Indus Waters Treaty 1960)
A Commissioner from each country is appointed to implement the
Treaty. The two Commissioners together form the Permanent
Indus Commission (PIC).
Tours of PIC in Indus basin to ascertain developments/ facts.
Meeting of PIC at least once a year.
Exchange of daily river flow data of rivers in Indus basin every
month (India-280 sites; Pakistan 345 sites)
Advance flood messages to Pakistan during monsoon (July 1st to
Oct 10th ) every year.

Nepal
Pancheshwar Mutipurpose Project (5600 MW)
Sapta Kosi High Dam Multipurpose Project & Sunkosi cum
Diversion Scheme (3300 MW)

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
China
Flood related information on Indus and Brahamputra is received
Bhutan
32 Hydrological Stations maintained for flood related information.
Bangladesh
Flood data of Trans-boundary river provided to Bangladesh, during monsoon, for
flood forecast .
Joint River Commission, headed by Honble Water Resources Ministers of both
Countries, set up in 1972, to address issues relating to water sector.
Japan
MoU signed with JICA and GOI on 30.3.2015 to provide 33,959 million yen for the
Rengali Irrigation Project Phase-II (Odisha)
Australia
MoU signed between Governments of Australia and Bahrain and India in the field of
water resources management

e-Governance
Web based water resources information system on GIS
platform India-WRIS was maintained. Unclassified data of
CWC and CGWB placed on portal for public access.
A Web based portal for monitoring and release under AIBP
proposals is being started. The portal has been circulated to
States for its testing.
A web based application for issuing NOC for ground water
extraction by industries / infrastructure / mining projects
launched by Honble Union Minister on 28th January, 2015.

Information, Education &

Communication

Pending Assurances as on 31.5.2015

Number of pending Assurances
S.No.

Wing

Total
Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha

1.

State Projects

17

11

28

2.

Policy & Planning

3.

FM

17

26

4.

SJC(BM)

10

5.

Pen. River

6.

B&B

7.

NMCG

12

8.

INDUS

9.

Advisor(NWM)

10.

Ground Water

Total

47

54

101

CPGRAMS Status
Grievances received during 1.4.2014 to 31.3.2015 -

2750
Grievances disposed during 1.4.2014 to 31.3.2015 2127
As per the CPGRAMS website, Overall disposal rate
of grievances of Ministry as on 31.5.2015 is 86%.

Than