Annual budget US$243,134,089 Formed September 1985 Cabinet minister Uma Bharti | Website wrmin.nic.in Jurisdiction India | |
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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) Minister responsible Uma Bharati, Minister of Water Resources Deputy Ministers responsible Sanjeev Balyan, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Vijay Goel, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Headquarters Shram Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi Minister of state Sanjeev Balyan, Vijay Goel Programs National Mission for Clean Ganga Profiles | ||
The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, is a ministry of the Government of India and the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the development and regulation of the water resources in India. The Ministry was formed in January 1985 following a bifurcation of the then Ministry of Irrigation and Power when the Department of Irrigation was re-constituted as the Ministry of Water Resources is at present held by Uma Bharti. In July 2014, the Ministry has been 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.