Organizational Change for Participatory Irrigation Management

For the orderly administration of the water resources and imparting its various functions,
Ministry has required number of attached and subordinate offices. Organizational chart of
irrigation administration in the country is shown in Figure 3. Functions of different wings of
the Ministry of Water Resources is described below in brief.
Autonomous Bodies
– National Institute of Hydrology
– National Water Development
Agency
Statutory Bodies
– Brahmaputra Board
– Betawa River Board
– Narmada Control
Authority
Public Sector Undertakings
– Water and Power
Consultancy Services
(India, Ltd.)
– National Projects
Construction
Wings of Ministry of
Water Resources
Additional Secretary, Water
Resources
– Joint Secretary, Administration
and Public Grievances
– Commissioner Projects
– Finance Advisor
– Commissioner Water Management
– Commissioner Project Planning
– Commissioner CAD
– Commissioner, Eastern Rivers
– Commissioner, Indus
Ministry of
Water
Resources
Secretary
Water
Resources
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Inter-state Disputes
– Ravi-Beas Water Tribunal
– Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal
– Water Dispute Tribunal
International Cooperation
– Indus Water Treaty
with Pakistan
– Indo-Nepal Treaty
– Indo-Bangladesh
Treaty
– Indo-Bhutan
cooperation
State Governments
– Irrigation Departments
of State governments
– Other associated
departments of State
governments
Attached Offices
– Central Water
Commission
– Central Soil and
Material Research
Station
Subordinate Offices
– Central Water and Power Research
Station
– Central Ground Water Board
– Bansagar Control Board
– Farakha Barrage Project
– Ganga Flood Control Commission
– Tungbhadra Board
– Sardar Sarovar Construction
Advisory Committee
Figure 3. Organizational Chart of Irrigation Administration in India