Ministry of Jal Shakti

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Agency overview
Formed	May 2019[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Annual budget	₹97,278 crore (US$12 billion) (2023-24 est)
Ministers responsible	C. R. Patil,Cabinet Minister V. Somanna,Minister of State Raj Bhushan Choudhary,Minister of State
Website	jalshakti.gov.in

TheMinistry of Jal Shakti (lit. 'Ministry of Water Resources') is a ministry under theGovernment of India which was formed in May 2019 under thesecond Modi ministry. This was formed by merging of two ministries;the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and theMinistry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.^[1]

formation of this ministry reflects India's seriousness towards the mounting water challenges the country has been facing over the past few decades.^[2]WAPCOS is an Indian multinational government undertaking and consultancy firm wholly owned by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India.^[3][4][5][6]

The ministry was incorporated with an aim to clean the riverGanges. They would also encompass any international or national disputes between inter-state water bodies and the rivers which are shared by India along with other neighboring countries.^[7] A special project "Namami Gange" project has been launched to clean Ganga and its tributaries to provide safe drinking water to people of the country.^[8] The ministry has also launched its special campaigns on social so that citizens of the country become aware ofwater conservation.

Under this ministry two departments work, these departments and their offices are as follow:

• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) orNamami Gange Programme
• Central Water Commission (CWC)
• Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
• National Water Development Agency (NWDA)
• National River Conservation Directorate (NRCD)
• Brahmaputra Board

• National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC)
• Central Soil And Materials Research Station (CSMRS)
• National Institute Of Hydrology (NIH)
• Central Water And Power Research Station (CWPRS)
• North Eastern Regional Institute Of Water And Land Management (NERIWALM)

• Water And Power Consultancy Services Ltd (WAPCOS)
• National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC)

• Narmada Control Authority (NCA)
• Farakka Barrage Project (FBP)
• Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB)
• Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC)
• Bansagar Control Board (BCB)
• Betwa River Board (BRB)
• Tungabhadra Board (TB)
• Godavari River Management Board
• Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)
• Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA)

• Polavaram Project Authority

• Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal
• Ravi And Beas Water Dispute Tribunal
• Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal
• Vansadhara Water Dispute Tribunal

TheMinistry 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 inIndia. 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 theNational Ganga River Basin Authority for conservation, development, management, and abatement of pollution in the riverGanges and its tributaries^[a].^[9] In May 2019, this ministry was merged with theMinistry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to form theMinistry of Jal Shakti.

In 1999, the Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS) was formed underMinistry of Rural Development, for focused attention on drinking water and sanitation. Later it was renamed as Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2010.

The department became theMinistry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2011, keeping in view the extreme importance given to the sector by theUnited Progressive Alliance government.^{[neutrality isdisputed]} From May 2019, the ministry has been merged with the Ministry of Jal Shakti.^[1] The ministry was responsible for the implementation ofSwachh Bharat Abhiyan in rural India. It got 8 million toilets constructed surpassing the target of 6 million toilets for the year 2015–16.^[10]

This department promotes many sanitation missions and programs for public, the main sanitation programs are:

• Jal Jeevan Mission
• Swachh Bharat Mission
• Swachh Survekshan Grameen^[11]

1. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation

The ministry requested various governmental departments to avoid the usage of plastic bottles to provide drinking water during governmental meetings etc., and instead, to make arrangements for providing drinking water that do not result in the generation ofplastic waste.^[12][13][14]

• Note: I/C – Independent Charge

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of Irrigation and Power
		Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) MP forSabarkantha	6 June 1952	17 April 1957	4 years, 315 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru
		S. K. Patil (1898–1981) MP forMumbai South	17 April 1957	2 April 1958	350 days		Nehru III
		Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	2 April 1958	10 April 1962	5 years, 85 days
			10 April 1962	26 June 1963			Nehru IV
		O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP forChengalpattu (Minister of State)	26 June 1963	19 July 1963	23 days
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP forVijayawada (Minister of State)	19 July 1963	27 May 1964	326 days
			27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
		H. C. Dasappa (1894–1964) MP for Bangalore	9 June 1964	19 July 1964	40 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP forVijayawada (Minister of State)	19 July 1964	11 January 1966	1 year, 189 days
			11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP forBarpeta	24 January 1966	13 November 1966	293 days		Indira I		Indira Gandhi
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP forVijayawada (Minister of State)	13 November 1966	13 March 1967	6 years, 361 days
			13 March 1967	18 March 1971			Indira II
			18 March 1971	9 November 1973		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II
		K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP forNainital (Minister of State)	9 November 1973	10 October 1974	335 days
Merged withMinistry of Agriculture and Irrigation during this interval
Minister of Irrigation
		A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (1927–2006) MP forMalda	16 January 1980	8 June 1980	144 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Kedar Pandey (1920–1982) MP forBettiah	8 June 1980	12 November 1980	157 days
		Rao Birender Singh (1921–2000) MP forMahendragarh	12 November 1980	15 January 1982	1 year, 64 days
		Kedar Pandey (1920–1982) MP forBettiah	15 January 1982	29 January 1983	1 year, 14 days
		Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) MP forRajasthan (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C)	29 January 1983	2 August 1984	1 year, 186 days
		Prakash Chandra Sethi (1919–1996) MP forIndore	2 August 1984	31 October 1984	90 days
		C. K. Jaffer Sharief (1933–2018) MP forBangalore North (Minister of State, I/C)	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days		Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
		B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP forChikkodi	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv II
Minister of Water Resources
		B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP forChikkodi	25 September 1985	22 August 1987	1 year, 331 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP forAmethi (Prime Minister)	22 August 1987	10 November 1987	19 days
		Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) MP forRajasthan (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C)	10 November 1987	14 February 1988	96 days
		Dinesh Singh (1925–1995) MP forPratapgarh	14 February 1988	25 June 1988	132 days
		B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP forChikkodi	25 June 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 9 days
		M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) MP forKerala (Rajya Sabha) (Minister of State, I/C)	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
		Manubhai Kotadia (1936–2003) MP forAmreli (Minister of State, I/C until 5 Nov 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 forBallia (Prime Minister)	26 April 1991	21 June 1991	56 days
		Vidya Charan Shukla (1929–2013) MP forRaipur	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 forNandyal (Prime Minister)	17 January 1996	7 February 1996	21 days
		A. R. Antulay (1929–2014) MP forKolaba	7 February 1996	16 May 1996	99 days
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (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
		Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP forUttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	345 days	Samajwadi Party
			21 April 1997	9 June 1997			Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
		Sis Ram Ola (1927–2013) MP forJhunjhunu (Minister of State, I/C)	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP forLucknow (Prime Minister)	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Pramod Mahajan (1949–2006) MP forMaharashtra (Rajya Sabha)	13 October 1999	22 November 1999	40 days		Vajpayee III
		C. P. Thakur (born 1931) MP forPatna	22 November 1999	27 May 2000	187 days
		Arjun Charan Sethi (1941–2020) MP forBhadrak	27 May 2000	22 May 2004	3 years, 361 days	Biju Janata Dal
		Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (1945–2017) MP forRaiganj	23 May 2004	18 November 2005	1 year, 179 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
		Santosh Mohan Dev (1934–2017) MP forSilchar (Minister of State, I/C)	18 November 2005	29 January 2006	72 days
		Saifuddin Soz (born 1937) MP forJammu and Kashmir (Rajya Sabha)	29 January 2006	22 May 2009	3 years, 113 days
		Meira Kumar (born 1945) MP forSasaram	28 May 2009	31 May 2009	3 days		Manmohan II
		Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) MP forAssam (Rajya Sabha) (Prime Minister)	31 May 2009	14 June 2009	14 days
		Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP forChandigarh	14 June 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 219 days
		Salman Khurshid (born 1953) MP forFarrukhabad	19 January 2011	12 July 2011	174 days
		Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 1948) MP forChandigarh	12 July 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 108 days
		Harish Rawat (born 1948) MP forHaridwar	28 October 2012	1 February 2014	1 year, 96 days
		Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) MP forJammu and Kashmir (Rajya Sabha)	1 February 2014	26 May 2014	114 days
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
		Uma Bharti (born 1959) MP forJhansi	27 May 2014	3 September 2017	3 years, 99 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP forNagpur	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
Merged into the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
		Gurudas Kamat (1954–2018) MP forMumbai North West (Minister of State, I/C)	12 July 2011	13 July 2011	1 day	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II		Manmohan Singh
		Jairam Ramesh (born 1954) MP forAndhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	13 July 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 107 days
		Bharatsinh Solanki (born 1953) MP forAnand (Minister of State, I/C)	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days
		Gopinath Munde (1949–2014) MP forBeed	27 May 2014	3 June 2014[†]	7 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP forNagpur	4 June 2014	9 November 2014	158 days
		Birender Singh (born 1946) MP forHaryana (Rajya Sabha)	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
		Narendra Singh Tomar (born 1957) MP forGwalior	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
		Uma Bharti (born 1959) MP forJhansi	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
Merged into the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
		Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (born 1967) MP forJodhpur	31 May 2019	9 June 2024	5 years, 9 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
		Chandrakant Raghunath Patil (born 1955) MP forNavsari	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 138 days		Modi III

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 forChengalpattu	8 May 1962	19 July 1963	1 year, 72 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV		Jawaharlal Nehru
		Kanuri Lakshmana Rao (1902–1986) MP forVijayawada	9 June 1964	19 July 1964	40 days		Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
			24 January 1966	13 November 1966	293 days		Indira I		Indira Gandhi
Merged withMinistry of Agriculture and Irrigation during this interval
Minister of State for Irrigation
		Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925–1992) MP forUnnao	19 January 1980	29 January 1983	3 years, 10 days	Indian National Congress	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
		Harinath Mishra MP forDarbhanga	2 August 1984	31 October 1984	90 days
Minister of State for Water Resources
		Krishna Sahi (born 1931) MP forBegusarai	14 February 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 140 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		Prem Khandu Thungan (born 1946) MP forArunachal West	19 January 1993	10 February 1995	2 years, 22 days		Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		P. V. Rangayya Naidu (born 1933) MP forKhammam	10 February 1995	16 May 1996	1 year, 96 days
		Sompal Shastri (born 1942) MP forBaghpat	3 February 1999	13 October 1999	252 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Bijoya Chakravarty (born 1939) MP forGauhati	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	4 years, 222 days		Vajpayee III
		Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (born 1954) MP forMunger	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 forShillong	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 forBareilly	27 May 2014	9 November 2014	166 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Sanwar Lal Jat (1955–2017) MP forAjmer	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
		Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP forRajasthan (Rajya Sabha)	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
		Sanjeev Balyan (born 1972) MP forMuzaffarnagar	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
		Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP forBikaner	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
		Satya Pal Singh (born 1955) MP forBaghpat	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
Merged into the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
		Upendra Kushwaha (born 1960) MP forKarakat	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Ram Kripal Yadav (born 1957) MP forPataliputra	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Ramesh Jigajinagi (born 1952) MP forBijapur	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
		S. S. Ahluwalia (born 1951) MP forDarjeeling	3 September 2017	14 May 2018	253 days
Merged into the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
		Rattan Lal Kataria (1951–2023) MP forAmbala	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
		Prahlad Singh Patel (born 1960) MP forDamoh	7 July 2021	7 December 2023	2 years, 153 days
		Bishweswar Tudu (born 1965) MP forMayurbhanj	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days
		Rajeev Chandrasekhar (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP forKarnataka	7 December 2023	9 June 2024	185 days
		V. Somanna (born 1950) MP forTumkur	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 138 days		Modi III
		Raj Bhushan Choudhary (born 1944) MP forMuzaffarpur

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 forGujarat (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 forMirzapur	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 forNalanda	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 forRamsanehighat	2 May 1971	4 February 1973	1 year, 278 days
		Balgovind Verma (1923–1980) MP forKheri	5 February 1973	9 November 1973	277 days
		Siddheshwar Prasad (1929–2023) MP forNalanda	9 November 1973	10 October 1974	335 days
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
		Kedar Nath Singh MP forSultanpur	10 October 1974	24 March 1977	2 years, 165 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II	Indira Gandhi
		Prabhudas Patel (1914–?) MP forDabhoi	23 October 1974	14 March 1977	2 years, 142 days

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