National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has started the Mission Clean Ganga with a changed and comprehensive approach to champion the challenges posed to Ganga through four different sectors, namely, of wastewater management, solid waste management, industrial pollution and river front development.
NGRBA has been established through the Gazette notification of the Government of India (Extraordinary) No. 328 dated February 20, 2009 issued at New Delhi with the objectives of (a) ensuring effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach to promote inter-sectoral co-ordination for comprehensive planning and management; and (b) maintaining environmental flows in the river Ganga with the aim of ensuring water quality and environmentally sustainable development.
NGRBA is mandated to take up regulatory and developmental functions with sustainability needs for effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach for comprehensive planning and management. The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation(MoWR, RD & GR) is the nodal Ministry for the NGRBA. The authority is chaired by the Prime Minister and has as its members the Union Ministers concerned, the Chief Ministers of the States through which Ganga flows, viz., Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
Jharkhand and West Bengal, among others. This initiative is expected to rejuvenate the collective efforts of the Centre and the States for cleaning
the river.
NGRBA functions include development of a Ganga River Basin Management Plan, regulation of activities aimed at prevention, control and abatement of pollution, to maintain water quality and to take measures relevant to the river ecology in the Ganga basin states. It is mandated to ensure the maintenance of minimum ecological flows in the river Ganga and abate pollution through planning, financing and execution of programmes including that of –
1) Augmentation of Sewerage Infrastructure
2) Catchment Area Treatment
3) Protection of Flood Plains
4) Creating Public Awareness
NGRBA has been mandated as a planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating authority for strengthening the collective efforts of the Central
and State governments for effective abatement of pollution and conservation of river Ganga so as to ensure that by the year 2020 no
untreated municipal sewage or industrial effluent will flow into the river Ganga.
The NGRBA is fully operational and is also supported by the state level State Ganga River Conservation Authorities (SGRCAs) in
five Ganga basin States which are chaired by the Chief Ministers of the respective States. Under NGRBA programme, projects worth Rs. 4607.82
crore have been sanctioned up to 31st March 2014.
Powers & Functions
NGRBA has the power, combined with regulatory and developmental functions, to take all such measures and discharge functions as it deems necessary or expedient for effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga in keeping with sustainable development needs. Such measures include following matters, namely:-
a) Development of river basin management plan and regulation of activities aimed at prevention, control and abatement of pollution in the river Ganga to maintain its water quality, and to take such other measures relevant to river ecology and management in the Ganga Basin States.
b) Maintenance of minimum ecological flows in the river Ganga with the aim of ensuring water quality and environmentally sustainable development.
c) Measures necessary for planning, financing and execution of programmes for abatement of pollution in the river Ganga including augmentation of sewerage infrastructure, catchment area treatment, protection of flood plains, creating public awareness and such other measures for promoting environmentally sustainable river conservation.
d) Collection, analysis and dissemination of information relating to environmental pollution in the river Ganga.
e) Investigations and research regarding problems of environmental pollution and conservation of the river Ganga.
f) Creation of special purpose vehicles, as appropriate, for implementation of works vested with the Authority.
g) Promotion of water conservation practices including recycling and reuse, rain water harvesting, and decentralised sewage treatment systems.
h) Monitoring and review of the implementation of various programmes or activities taken up for prevention, control and abatement of pollution in the river Ganga, and
i) Issuance of directions under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 (29 of 1986) for the purpose of exercising and performing all or any of the above functions and to take such other measures as the Authority deems necessary or expedient for achievement of its objectives.
f) The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for the purpose of exercising and performing these functions and for achievement of its objectives.
NGRBA Meeting
Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority
a) Minutes of the First Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 05.10.2009. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
b) Minutes of the Second Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 01.11.2010. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
c) Minutes of the Third Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 17.04.2012. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
d) Minutes of the Fourth Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 27.10.2014. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
e) Minutes of the Fifth Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 26.03.2015. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
f) Minutes of the 6th Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 04.07.2016. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
Standing Committee Meeting
Standing Committee Meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority
a) Minutes of the First Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 29.12.2010. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
b) Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 08.02.2012. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
Review Meeting
Review Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority
a) Review Meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority held on 04.02.2011. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
NGRBA Framework
NGRBA Framework
a) NGRBA Programme framework. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
NGRBA guidelines
NGRBA guidelines
a) NGRBA guidelines. (PDF 50KB To 5MB)
Gazette Notification