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orgtype = Governmental organisation |
class = Central|
keywork = Rural Development programsResearch, <br />land resource programs river management, <br />drinking water supply programsproject planning|
website = [http://www.cwc.nic.in/ www.cwc.nic.in]
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'''The Central Water Commission ''' is a premier Technical Organization of India technical organization in the field of Water Resources and . It is presently functioning as an attached office of the [ww.xxx.in Ministry of Water Resources], Government of India. The Commission is entrusted assigned with the general responsibilities of initiating, coordinating and furthering in consultation of for the State Governments concerned, . It is thus entrusted with the coordination of schemes for control, conservation and utilization of water resources throughout the country, for purpose of Flood Controlflood control, Irrigationirrigation, Navigationnavigation, Drinking Water Supply drinking water supply and Water Power Developmentwater power development. It also undertakes the investigations, construction and execution of any such schemes as required.
The work of the Commission is divided among 3 wings namely, Designs and Research Wing (D&R), River Management Wing (RM) and Water Planning and Projects Wing (WP&P).
== Main activities ==
*Administrative Surveys, investigations,designs, schemes and institutional supportconstruction work for the development of river valleys *Training Advise and researchassist the State Governments *Human resource developmentCollect, maintain and publish statistical data relating to water resources *Development Training of voluntary action*Provision Indian Engineers in India and abroad in all aspects of Drinking Water Supplyriver valley development*Extension Standardization of Sanitation facilities *Development instruments, methods of desert observation and drought prone areas record, materials for construction, design and operation of irrigation projects
== External links ==
[http://www.cwc.nic.in Indian Central Water Commission website]