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

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

The 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 river Ganges. 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 of water conservation.

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

• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) or Namami 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

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

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

• Jal Jeevan Mission
• Swachh Bharat Mission

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
1			Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (born 1967) MP for Jodhpur	31 May 2019	9 June 2024	5 years, 9 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
2			Chandrakant Raghunath Patil (born 1955) MP for Navsari	10 June 2024	Incumbent	36 days		Modi III

No.	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
1			Rattan Lal Kataria (1951–2023) MP for Ambala	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II		Narendra Modi
2			Prahlad Singh Patel (born 1960) MP for Damoh	7 July 2021	7 December 2023	2 years, 153 days
3			Bishweswar Tudu (born 1965) MP for Mayurbhanj	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days
4			Rajeev Chandrasekhar (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka	7 December 2023	9 June 2024	185 days
5			V. Somanna (born 1950) MP for Tumkur	10 June 2024	Incumbent	36 days		Modi III
6			Dr Raj Bhushan Choudhary MP for Muzaffarpur