Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Infrastructure; Environment
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Review of the National Hydrology Project was carried out by Minister of Jal Shakti recently.
The project is World Bank supported initiative of Ministry of Jal Shakti
Important value additions
National Hydrology Project (NHP) was started in the year 2016
It is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% grant to Implementing agencies on pan India basis.
Budget outlay is of Rs 3680 Crore to be spent over a period of 8 years.
Aim: (1) Improving the extent, reliability and accessibility of water resources information; (2) To strengthen the capacity of targeted water resource management institutions in India.
Under the NHP, a nationwide repository of water resources data – NWIC has also been established.
