National Hydrology Project

Review of the National Hydrology Project (World Bank supported initiative of Ministry of Jal Shakti) was carried out by Ministry of Jal Shakti.

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Key-Points

 National Hydrology Project (NHP) was started in the year 2016 as a Central Sector Scheme with 100% grant to Implementing agencies on pan India basis with a budget outlay of Rs 3680 Crore to be spent over a period of 8 years.

The project aims at improving the extent, reliability and accessibility of water resources information and to strengthen the capacity of targeted water resource management institutions in India.

Under the NHP, a nationwide repository of water resources data – NWIC has been established.