Q: Which of the following are the key features of ‘National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)?
a) River basin is the unit of planning and management.
b) It spearheads the river conservation efforts at the national level.
c) One of the Chief Ministers of the States through which the Ganga flows becomes the Chairman of NGRBA on rotation basis.
The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.
National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)
- The Ministry of Jal Shakti is the nodal Ministry for the NGRBA (National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA).
- It is chaired by the Prime Minister and has as its members the Union Ministers concerned, the Chief Ministers of the States through which Ganga flows, i.e.  Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, among others. Hence statement 3 is not correct.
- It has started the Mission Clean Ganga with a changed and comprehensive approach to champion the challenges posed to Ganga through four different sectors, namely, of wastewater management, solid waste management, industrial pollution and river front development.
- The river basin is the unit of planning and management, an internationally accepted strategy for integrated management of rivers. Hence statement 1 is correct.
- It is mandated to take up regulatory and developmental functions with sustainability needs for effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach for comprehensive planning and management.
- It will spearhead river conservation efforts at the national level and implementation will be by the State Agencies and Urban Local Bodies. Hence statement 2 is correct.
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