ANNUAL REPORT 2002 – 2003 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES C O N T E N T S CHAPTER PAGE NO 1. FUNCTIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL SETUP OF THE MINISTRY 1 2. NATIONAL WATER POLICY 5 3. DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION FACILITIES 11 4. ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAMME 20 5. COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ME 28 6. EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 33 7. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 40 8. INTER-STATE WATER DISPUTES AND TRIBUNAL 45 9. FRESH WATER YEAR 50 10. OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO WATER RESOURCES 54 DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT 11. PROGRESSIVE USE OF HINDI 58 12. ADMINISTRATION, WELFARE AND VIGILANCE 59 13. ROLE OF WOMEN IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 63 AND CONSERVATION 14. INITIATIVES IN THE NORTH EAST REGION 65 15. CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION 68 16. CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD 81 17. NATIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 99 18. BRAHMAPUTRA BOARD 106 19. CENTRAL WATER AND POWER RESEARCH STATION 111 20. CENTRAL SOIL AND MATERIALS RESEARCH STATION 115 21. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY 121 22. GANGA FLOOD CONTROL COMMISSION 125 23. FARAKKA BARRAGE PROJECT 130 24. NARMADA CONTROL AUTHORITY 132 25. SARDAR SAROVAR CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE 139 26. BANSAGAR CONTROL BOARD 143 27. BETWA RIVER BOARD 146 28. TUNGABHADRA BOARD 149 29. WATER AND POWER CONSULTANCY SERVICES (INDIA) LIMITED 151 30. NATIONAL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LIMITED 156 ANNEXURES Annexure – I Staff Strength of the Ministry of Water Resources 161 Annexure – II Organisational Chart of the Ministry of Water Resources 163 Annexure – III List of Postal Addresses of Heads of Organisations 164 under the Ministry of Water Resources Annexure – IV List showing Budget Estimates/ Revised Estimates of various schemes and programmes of the Ministry 166 for 2002-2003 Annexure – V List of Postal Addresses Directors of Public/ Staff 169 Grievances in the Ministry and its various Organisations Annexure – VI Detailed Assessment of performance of For the 172 year 2002-2003 in respect of Autonomous organisations under the Ministry *-*-*-*-* 1. FUNCTIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL SET UP OF THE MINISTRY FUNCTIONS AND SET UP The Ministry of Water Resources is responsible for laying down policy guidelines and programmes for the development and regulation of country’s water resources. The following are its main functions :- (a) Overall planning, policy formulation, coordination and guidance in the sector of water resources. (b) Coordination, mediation and facilitation in regard to the resolution of differences or disputes relating to inter-state rivers and overseeing of the implementation of inter-state projects. (c) Overall planning for the development of ground water resources, assessment of utilisable resources and formulation of policies of exploitation, overseeing of and support to the State level activities in ground water development. (d) Regulation of ground water and creating mass awareness for artificial recharge in view of depleting resources. (e) Formulation of the national water development perspective and determination of the water balance of different basins/ sub-basins for possible inter-basin transfers. (f) Negotiations with the neighbouring countries, like Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal and Pakistan, in regard to river waters, water resources development projects and the operation of international treaties relating to water. (g) Technical guidance, scrutiny, clearance and monitoring of the irrigation, flood control and multi-purpose projects (major/ medium) of the States. (h) Overall policy formulation, planning and guidance in respect of minor irrigation and command area development, and also the administration and monitoring of the centrally sponsored schemes in these areas. (i) Operation of the central network for flood forecasting and warning on important rivers, the provision of central assistance for some State schemes in special cases and preparation of flood control master plans for the Ganga and the Brahmaputra river systems. 1 (j) Providing special central financial assistance for specific projects and assistance in obtaining external assistance from the World Bank and other international agencies. (k) Infrastructural, technical and research support for sectoral development at the State level. ORGANISATIONAL SET UP Shri Arjun Charan Sethi is the Union Minister of Water Resources since 29.05.2000. Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty is the Minister of State for Water Resources since 13.10.1999. Shri A.K. Goswami is the Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources since 02.08.2002. Smt. Radha Singh is Additional Secretary since 01.11.2001. The Ministry has eight wings namely ; Administration, Finance, Policy and Planning, Project, Eastern Rivers, Indus, Command Area Development, and Water Management. Each Wing is headed by an officer of the level of Joint Secretary. The functions of these wings are as follows :- ADMINISTRATION WING The Administration Wing is responsible for personnel and establishment matters of Central Water Commission including cadre management of the Central Water Engineering (Group ‘A’) Service. It is also responsible for cadre management of CSS/ CSCS/ CSSS posts in the Ministry as well as its attached offices. It also handles matters relating to All India Service officers in the Ministry, and training of officers and staff. The Administration Wing is responsible for all matters relating to Central Ground Water Board, Central Ground Water Authority and personnel matters of these organisations. It is also responsible for preparation of annual report and annual action plan of the Ministry. All matters relating to general administration including Information Technology, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Implementation of the Official Language Act, vigilance, redressal of public grievances and monitoring the implementation of the reservation policy for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and physically handicapped persons, security matters and staff welfare activities are also looked into by the Administration Wing. FINANCE WING Finance Wing has four Divisions, viz. Finance Division, Budget Division, Economic Division and Accounts Division. It closely associates itself with formulation/ evaluation of progress/ performance of schemes. The Finance Division advises the Secretary on all matters within the Ministry’s 2 delegated powers. The Budget Division co-ordinates annual budget of the Ministry, monitors expenditure on various plan/ non-plan schemes, compiles Performance Budget, co-ordinates work relating to Parliamentary Standing Committee. It also attends to finance advisory work of Command Area Development Programme. The Economic Division is the latest addition to Finance Wing this year. It aims to actively involve itself in providing economic evaluation of schemes and in providing informed economic advice. The Accounts Division looks after the pay and accounts function, internal audit, O&M and Internal Works Study Unit of the Ministry. POLICY AND PLANNING WING All policy matters relating to the development of water resources, benchmarking of irrigation systems, preparation of five year plans, annual plans, Tribal Sub Plan, Special Component Plan, Twenty Point Programme, administrative matters relating to the three research stations namely Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune, Central Soil and Materials Research Station, New Delhi and the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee are being handled in the Policy and Planning Wing. It also looks after external assistance for water resources projects from the international funding agencies abroad and foreign training. PROJECT WING The Project Wing is responsible for policy matters concerning inter-state issues, disputes about waters of inter-state rivers except Ravi-Beas waters, Sutlej Water and Yamuna Water disputes. Matters relating to irrigation and multi-purpose projects in various States, including release of Central Loan Assistance to States under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme are also looked after by this wing. It is also responsible for all administrative and technical matters relating to (i) Narmada Control Authority, (ii) Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee, (iii) Farakka Barrage Project, (iv) Betwa River Board, (v) Bansagar Control Board, (vi) Tungbhadra Board, (vii) M/s National Projects Construction Corporation Limited, (viii) M/s. Water & Power Consultancy Services (India) Limited, (ix) National Water Development Agency. EASTERN RIVERS WING The Eastern Rivers Wing deals with matters concerning flood management in the country, all matters relating to Ganga and Brahmaputra basin including the Ganga Flood Control Commission and Brahmaputra Board, international aspects of cooperation and development of Water Resources with Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and China including implementation of the Ganga Waters Sharing Treaty (1996) with 3 Bangladesh. It also deals with matters relating to sea erosion in the country. INDUS WING The Indus Wing is mainly responsible for implementation of the Indus Waters Treaty, 1960 with Pakistan. In addition, matters concerning sharing of Ravi-Beas waters, Ravi-Beas Waters Tribunal, Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal, Indira Gandhi Canal Project, sharing of Yamuna Waters upto Okhla, and Ganga waters upto Haridwar, Upper Yamuna River Board and Upper Yamuna Review Committee, Raw Water Supply to Delhi and Drought Management in the country are being handled by this Wing. COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT WING The Command Area Development (CAD) Wing is concerned with the implementation of the centrally sponsored Command