Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
जल संसाधन, नदी विकास और गंगा कायाकल्प मंत्रालय

Ministry overview
Formed	September 1985; 31 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)
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
Annual budget	US$243,134,089
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
Website	wrmin.nic.in

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.

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