The Centre has created a new Ministry called ‘Jal Shakti’.

The Centre has created a new Ministry called ‘Jal Shakti’ by merger of Ministries of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation along with Drinking Water and Sanitation. The move will bring all aspects of water management and regulation under one department.
The Jal ministry will be headed by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat while Ratan Lal Kataria will be the minister of state.
As promised in BJP’s vision document in run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the ‘Nal se Jal’ scheme to provide piped drinking water to every household will be a component of government’s Jal Jivan Mission.