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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of Jal Shakti</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Government_of_India_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Government_of_India_logo.svg/100px-Government_of_India_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Government_of_India_logo.svg/150px-Government_of_India_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Government_of_India_logo.svg/200px-Government_of_India_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1054" data-file-height="479" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Branch of Government of India</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti.svg/250px-Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="119" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_Union_Minister_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_Shri_C.R._Paatil_addressing_at_the_Jal_Shakti_Abhiyan-_Catch_the_Rain_Programme%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-The_Union_Minister_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_Shri_C.R._Paatil_addressing_at_the_Jal_Shakti_Abhiyan-_Catch_the_Rain_Programme%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="559" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">May 2019<sup id="cite_ref-Jal_Shakti_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jal_Shakti-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>97,278 crore</span> (US$12 billion) (2023-24 est)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministers responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/C._R._Patil" title="C. R. Patil">C. R. Patil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Minister">Cabinet Minister</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/V._Somanna" title="V. Somanna">V. Somanna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bhushan_Choudhary" title="Raj Bhushan Choudhary">Raj Bhushan Choudhary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jalshakti.gov.in/">jalshakti<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Jal Shakti</b> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Ministry of Water Resources</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is a ministry under <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> which was formed in May 2019 under the <a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">second Modi ministry</a>. This was formed by merging of two ministries; the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation" title="Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation">Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation</a> and the <b>Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jal_Shakti_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jal_Shakti-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The formation of this ministry reflects India's seriousness towards the mounting water challenges the country has been facing over the past few decades.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/WAPCOS_Limited" title="WAPCOS Limited">WAPCOS</a> is an Indian multinational government undertaking and consultancy firm wholly owned by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functions">Functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry was incorporated with an aim to clean the river <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a>. They would also encompass any international or national disputes between inter-state water bodies and the rivers which are shared by India along with other neighboring countries.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A special project "Namami Gange" project has been launched to clean Ganga and its tributaries to provide safe drinking water to people of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ministry has also launched its special campaigns on social so that citizens of the country become aware of <a href="/wiki/Water_conservation" title="Water conservation">water conservation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation_of_Ministry">Organisation of Ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation of Ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under this ministry two departments work, these departments and their offices are as follow: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Department_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_&_Ganga_Rejuvenation"><span id="Department_of_Water_Resources.2C_River_Development_.26_Ganga_Rejuvenation"></span>Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Attached_Subordinate_offices/_Societies"><span id="Attached_Subordinate_offices.2F_Societies"></span>Attached Subordinate offices/ Societies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Attached Subordinate offices/ Societies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Mission_for_Clean_Ganga" class="mw-redirect" title="National Mission for Clean Ganga">National Mission for Clean Ganga</a> (NMCG) or <a href="/wiki/Namami_Gange_Programme" title="Namami Gange Programme">Namami Gange Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Water_Commission" title="Central Water Commission">Central Water Commission</a> (CWC)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Ground_Water_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Ground Water Board (page does not exist)">Central Ground Water Board</a> (CGWB)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Water_Development_Agency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Water Development Agency (page does not exist)">National Water Development Agency</a> (NWDA)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_River_Conservation_Directorate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National River Conservation Directorate (page does not exist)">National River Conservation Directorate</a> (NRCD)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brahmaputra_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brahmaputra Board (page does not exist)">Brahmaputra Board</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Research/Training_Institutions"><span id="Research.2FTraining_Institutions"></span>Research/Training Institutions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Research/Training Institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Water_Informatics_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Water Informatics Centre (page does not exist)">National Water Informatics Centre</a> (NWIC)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Soil_And_Materials_Research_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Soil And Materials Research Station (page does not exist)">Central Soil And Materials Research Station</a> (CSMRS)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Institute_Of_Hydrology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Institute Of Hydrology (page does not exist)">National Institute Of Hydrology</a> (NIH)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Water_And_Power_Research_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Water And Power Research Station (page does not exist)">Central Water And Power Research Station</a> (CWPRS)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Eastern_Regional_Institute_Of_Water_And_Land_Management&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Eastern Regional Institute Of Water And Land Management (page does not exist)">North Eastern Regional Institute Of Water And Land Management</a> (NERIWALM)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="PSUs">PSUs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: PSUs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WAPCOS_Limited" title="WAPCOS Limited">Water And Power Consultancy Services Ltd</a> (WAPCOS)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Projects_Construction_Corporation_Limited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (page does not exist)">National Projects Construction Corporation Limited</a> (NPCC)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Water_Regulatory_Organisations">Water Regulatory Organisations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Water Regulatory Organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narmada_Control_Authority&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Narmada Control Authority (page does not exist)">Narmada Control Authority</a> (NCA)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Farakka_Barrage_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Farakka Barrage Project (page does not exist)">Farakka Barrage Project</a> (FBP)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Upper_Yamuna_River_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upper Yamuna River Board (page does not exist)">Upper Yamuna River Board</a> (UYRB)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ganga_Flood_Control_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ganga Flood Control Commission (page does not exist)">Ganga Flood Control Commission</a> (GFCC)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bansagar_Control_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bansagar Control Board (page does not exist)">Bansagar Control Board</a> (BCB)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betwa_River_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Betwa River Board (page does not exist)">Betwa River Board</a> (BRB)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tungabhadra_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tungabhadra Board (page does not exist)">Tungabhadra Board</a> (TB)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godavari_River_Management_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Godavari River Management Board (page does not exist)">Godavari River Management Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_River_Management_Board" title="Krishna River Management Board">Krishna River Management Board</a> (KRMB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cauvery_Water_Management_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Cauvery Water Management Authority">Cauvery Water Management Authority</a> (CWMA)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Irrigation_Project_Funded_by_MoJS">Irrigation Project Funded by MoJS</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Irrigation Project Funded by MoJS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polavaram_Project_Authority&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polavaram Project Authority (page does not exist)">Polavaram Project Authority</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Water_Dispute_Tribunals">Water Dispute Tribunals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Water Dispute Tribunals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahanadi_Water_Disputes_Tribunal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (page does not exist)">Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadayi_Water_Disputes_Tribunal" title="Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal">Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravi_And_Beas_Water_Dispute_Tribunal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ravi And Beas Water Dispute Tribunal (page does not exist)">Ravi And Beas Water Dispute Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Krishna_Water_Dispute_Tribunal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal (page does not exist)">Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vansadhara_Water_Dispute_Tribunal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vansadhara Water Dispute Tribunal (page does not exist)">Vansadhara Water Dispute Tribunal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Department_of_Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation">Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, the Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS) was formed under <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Ministry of Rural Development</a>, for focused attention on drinking water and sanitation. Later it was renamed as Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2010. </p><p>The department became the <b>Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation</b> in 2011, keeping in view the extreme importance given to the sector by the <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a> government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view"><span title="This statement is possibly biased. (July 2019)">neutrality</span></a> is <a href="/wiki/Talk:Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Talk:Ministry of Jal Shakti">disputed</a></i>]</sup> From May 2019, the ministry has been merged with the Ministry of Jal Shakti.<sup id="cite_ref-Jal_Shakti_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jal_Shakti-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ministry was responsible for the implementation of <a href="/wiki/Swachh_Bharat_Abhiyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Swachh Bharat Abhiyan">Swachh Bharat Abhiyan</a> in rural India. It got 8 million toilets constructed surpassing the target of 6 million toilets for the year 2015–16.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This department promotes many sanitation missions and programs for public, the main sanitation programs are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Har_Ghar_Jal" class="mw-redirect" title="Har Ghar Jal">Jal Jeevan Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swachh_Bharat_Mission" title="Swachh Bharat Mission">Swachh Bharat Mission</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notable_decisions">Notable decisions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable decisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry requested various governmental departments to avoid the usage of plastic bottles to provide drinking water during governmental meetings etc., and instead, to make arrangements for providing drinking water that do not result in the generation of <a href="/wiki/Plastic_waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Plastic waste">plastic waste</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_Ministers">Cabinet Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation">Drinking Water and Sanitation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Drinking Water and Sanitation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Note:</b> MoS, I/C – Minister of State with Independent Charge</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/70px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/105px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/140px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="542" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gurudas_Kamat" title="Gurudas Kamat">Gurudas Kamat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1954–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai North West</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <td>13 July<br />2011 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠"></span>1 day</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jairam_ramesh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Jairam_ramesh.jpg/70px-Jairam_ramesh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Jairam_ramesh.jpg/105px-Jairam_ramesh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Jairam_ramesh.jpg/140px-Jairam_ramesh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1282" data-file-height="1590" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jairam_Ramesh" title="Jairam Ramesh">Jairam Ramesh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>13 July<br />2011 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002473000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 107 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS,_Railways_in_January_2011_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="591" data-file-height="712" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bharatsinh_Solanki" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatsinh Solanki">Bharatsinh Solanki</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Anand_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Anand Lok Sabha constituency">Anand</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gopinath_Munde.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Gopinath_Munde.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="41" data-file-height="61" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Munde" title="Gopinath Munde">Gopinath Munde</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2014)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Beed_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Beed Lok Sabha constituency">Beed</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>3 June<br />2014<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(died in office)</i></span> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠"></span>7 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3,_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nagpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency">Nagpur</a></span> </td> <td>4 June<br />2014 </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002158000000000000♠"></span>158 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chaudhary_Birender_Singh_with_Venkaiah_Naidu_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Chaudhary_Birender_Singh_with_Venkaiah_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Chaudhary_Birender_Singh_with_Venkaiah_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Chaudhary_Birender_Singh_with_Venkaiah_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Chaudhary_Birender_Singh_with_Venkaiah_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Chaudhary_Birender_Singh_with_Venkaiah_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Chaudhary_Birender_Singh_with_Venkaiah_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="658" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birender_Singh_(politician,_born_1946)" title="Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)"><b>Birender Singh</b></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1946)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a></span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002604000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 239 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_(Gramin)-_2017,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_%28Gramin%29-_2017%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_%28Gramin%29-_2017%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_%28Gramin%29-_2017%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_%28Gramin%29-_2017%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_%28Gramin%29-_2017%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_%28Gramin%29-_2017%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1138" data-file-height="1472" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Singh_Tomar" title="Narendra Singh Tomar">Narendra Singh Tomar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency">Gwalior</a></span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>3 September<br />2017 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002425000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 60 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg/70px-Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg/105px-Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg/140px-Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="870" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharti" title="Uma Bharti">Uma Bharti</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jhansi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency">Jhansi</a></span> </td> <td>3 September<br />2017 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002634000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 269 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry disestablished in 2019</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-DWS_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jal Shakti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_in_June_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_in_June_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_in_June_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_in_June_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_in_June_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_in_June_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat_in_June_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="645" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Gajendra Singh Shekhawat">Gajendra Singh Shekhawat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1967)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency">Jodhpur</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003183600000000000♠"></span>5 years, 9 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Jal_Shakti,_Shri_C.R._Paatil_addressing_at_the_Jal_Shakti_Abhiyan-_Catch_the_Rain_Programme,_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24,_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_Union_Minister_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_Shri_C.R._Paatil_addressing_at_the_Jal_Shakti_Abhiyan-_Catch_the_Rain_Programme%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-The_Union_Minister_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_Shri_C.R._Paatil_addressing_at_the_Jal_Shakti_Abhiyan-_Catch_the_Rain_Programme%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_Union_Minister_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_Shri_C.R._Paatil_addressing_at_the_Jal_Shakti_Abhiyan-_Catch_the_Rain_Programme%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-The_Union_Minister_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_Shri_C.R._Paatil_addressing_at_the_Jal_Shakti_Abhiyan-_Catch_the_Rain_Programme%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_24%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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R. Patil">Chandrakant Raghunath Patil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1955)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Navsari_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Navsari Lok Sabha constituency">Navsari</a></span> </td> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002166000000000000♠"></span>166 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers_of_State">Ministers of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ministers of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation_2">Drinking Water and Sanitation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Drinking Water and Sanitation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#999966"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1354" data-file-height="1575" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Upendra_Kushwaha" title="Upendra Kushwaha">Upendra Kushwaha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1960)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Karakat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Karakat Lok Sabha constituency">Karakat</a></span> </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002167000000000000♠"></span>167 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">Rashtriya Lok Samta Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Kripal_Yadav_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ram_Kripal_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Kripal_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ram_Kripal_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Kripal_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ram_Kripal_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Kripal_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="845" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Kripal_Yadav" title="Ram Kripal Yadav">Ram Kripal Yadav</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pataliputra_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency">Pataliputra</a></span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002604000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 239 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramesh_Chandappa_Jigajinagi_taking_charge_in_his_office,_in_the_presence_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_%26_Fertilizers_and_Parliamentary_Affairs,_Shri_Ananth_Kumar,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ramesh_Chandappa_Jigajinagi_taking_charge_in_his_office%2C_in_the_presence_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_%26_Fertilizers_and_Parliamentary_Affairs%2C_Shri_Ananth_Kumar%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ramesh_Chandappa_Jigajinagi_taking_charge_in_his_office%2C_in_the_presence_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_%26_Fertilizers_and_Parliamentary_Affairs%2C_Shri_Ananth_Kumar%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ramesh_Chandappa_Jigajinagi_taking_charge_in_his_office%2C_in_the_presence_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_%26_Fertilizers_and_Parliamentary_Affairs%2C_Shri_Ananth_Kumar%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="696" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Jigajinagi" title="Ramesh Jigajinagi">Ramesh Jigajinagi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1952)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bijapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency">Bijapur</a></span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003105900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 329 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SS_Ahluwalia,_BJP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/SS_Ahluwalia%2C_BJP.jpg/70px-SS_Ahluwalia%2C_BJP.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/SS_Ahluwalia%2C_BJP.jpg/105px-SS_Ahluwalia%2C_BJP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/SS_Ahluwalia%2C_BJP.jpg/140px-SS_Ahluwalia%2C_BJP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="861" data-file-height="857" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._S._Ahluwalia" title="S. S. Ahluwalia">S. S. Ahluwalia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency">Darjeeling</a></span> </td> <td>3 September<br />2017 </td> <td>14 May<br />2018 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002253000000000000♠"></span>253 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry disestablished in 2019</i></span> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jal_Shakti_2">Jal Shakti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Jal Shakti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31,_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shri_Rattan_Lal_Kataria_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Jal_Shakti%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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II</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg/70px-Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg/105px-Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg/140px-Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3814" data-file-height="5721" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prahlad_Singh_Patel" title="Prahlad Singh Patel">Prahlad Singh Patel</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1960)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Damoh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Damoh Lok Sabha constituency">Damoh</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>7 December<br />2023 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002883000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 153 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Bishweswar_Tudu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Shri_Bishweswar_Tudu.png/70px-Shri_Bishweswar_Tudu.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Shri_Bishweswar_Tudu.png/105px-Shri_Bishweswar_Tudu.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Shri_Bishweswar_Tudu.png/140px-Shri_Bishweswar_Tudu.png 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="627" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bishweswar_Tudu" title="Bishweswar Tudu">Bishweswar Tudu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1965)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mayurbhanj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency">Mayurbhanj</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajeev_Chandrasekhar_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rajeev_Chandrasekhar_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Rajeev_Chandrasekhar_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rajeev_Chandrasekhar_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Rajeev_Chandrasekhar_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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Somanna">V. 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