Namami Gange

Namami Gange Programme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as a ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014. It is to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution and conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.

It is being operated under the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti. The program is being implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).

The state counterpart organizations are State Program Management Groups (SPMGs). NMCG is the implementation wing of the National Ganga Council set in 2016, which replaced the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NRGBA).

It has an Rs. 20,000-crore, centrally-funded, non-lapsable corpus and consists of nearly 288 projects. Recently, the World Bank has approved a five-year loan (for the second phase) to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) or Namami Gange Project worth Rs.3,000 crore to help stem pollution in the Ganga river basin.

Source: PIB

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