• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Chairman: Kushvinder Vohra
• It is a premier technical organization in India in the field of water resources.
• It is presently functioning as an attached office of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India.
• Functions
  • Appraisal of Water Resources Projects
  • Dam Safety
  • Hydro-Mechanical Design of WR Projects
  • River Management
  • Basin Planning and Management
  • Flood Forecasting
  • Survey and Investigation of WR Projects
  • Technical appraisal of hydrological aspects or river valley projects
  • It also undertakes the investigation, construction, and execution of any such schemes as required.
• The work of the Commission is divided among three wings
  • The Designs and Research (D&R) Wing,
  • The River Management (RM) Wing
  • The Water Planning and Projects (WP&P) Wing.

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