[WING HEAD: COMMISSIONER (PP)]

1.DIVISIONAL HEAD: JOINT COMMISSIONER/SR. JOINT COMMISSIONER (POLICY & PLANNING)

POLICY & PLANNING (PP)SECTION

POLICY  UNIT:

• Coastal Area Protection and Development (including anti-sea measures).

• Policy matters relating to Water Resources Development - National water Policy – implementation of.

• Reservoir  management and multiple use of water  including  afforestation  and resettlement associated with  reservoir  formation.  Also matters related to fisheries.

• Environmental  matters  - coordination with Department  of  Environment.

• Coordination  and  compilation  of material  for  sect oral  review by Minister     (WR) / Prime Minister.

• Central Utilization Team.

• Remote Sensing techniques and applications to Water Resources sector-- Coordination with Indian Space Research Organisation.

• Participation  of  Non - Resident Indians (NRI)  in  water  resources development.

• Matters relating to Scientific Advisory Committee.

• National/ Regional Conferences of Irrigation/ Water Resources Ministers.

• Legislation regarding use and development of water.

PLANNING UNIT

• Five year annual plans.

• Advance plan assistance.

• Irrigation potential-creation and utilisation.

• 20 points programme.

• Coordination of research and development (R& D )  programme in Water Resources Sector.

• Matters relating to Centrally sponsored  schemes.

• Economic Survey.

• Matters relating to Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture.

• Water Resources Day Celebrations-Annual.

• Matters related to International Commission on Irrigation and   Drainage   (ICID), Indian   National  Committee  on  Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) and Indian Water Resources Society.

• SCP/TSP/Minority  Welfare Programme including  Irrigation  Development for SC/ST.

Policy & Planning Wing:

All policy matters relating to the development of water resources including formulation of National Water Policy, matters/meetings of National Water Board, National Water Resources Council, etc; preparation of Five Year Plans & Annual Plans; Twenty Point Programme, are being handled in the Policy and Planning Wing. It also looks after the external assistance for water resources projects from the international funding agencies, and protection against coastal sea-erosion, research and development activities of the Ministry as well as activities of National Institute of Hydrology, Central Soil and Material Research Station and Central Water and Power Research Station.

(b) DIVISIONAL HEAD : DEPUTY SECRETARY/ DIRECTOR  (EXTERNAL    ASSISTANCE)

E II SECTION

• All  administrative  and organisational matters  relating  to:-

Ø       Central Soil & Materials Research Station (CSMRS)

Ø       Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS)

Ø       National Institute of Hydrology (NIH).

• Matters relating to International Association of  Hydraulics  Research  (IAHR) International  Committee on  Hydraulic  Research  (ICHR), International  Committee  on  Hydrology   (INCOH), International  Society  on Rock Mechanics (ISRM), International Committee  on   Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Technology (INCRMTT)  and International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), and Indian Water Resources Association (IWRA).

• Matters relating to Indian National Committees on ---

Ø       Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Technology

Ø       Hydraulics as well as on Hydrology and other INCs.

EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE (EA) DESK

• Perspective  policy  and planning vis-à-vis  international organisaions   in   water  resources   sector   -   overall  coordination thereof.

• International cooperation through Joint Commissions/ Trade Agreements.

• Negotiations and  reimbursements  parts  of all external  assistance programmes relating to —

Ø      Foreign aid from  sources other than  World Bank but     including UNDP, Ford Foundation

Ø      Matters relating to World Bank/International Fund for Agriculture  and          Development/ USAID/ Federal   Republic of  Germany and European Economic Community  assistance to irrigation sector

Ø      International  Programme  for Technology Research in Irrigation and Drainage (IPTRID).  (Technical  contents of  the IPTRID in CAD Wing and in IRMIC (CWC).

• Natural resources sub-group of the ESCAP.  All  matters concerning the ESCAP secretariat.

• Setting  up  of  National   Institute  of  Irrigation  and  Management.

• Foreign  exchange budget and release of foreign exchange.

• Import  licenses  for  import  of  equipment  and   scarce materials  for  organisations under the Ministry and  State

• Income Tax  exemption for foreign technicians under  UNDP  and bilateral       agreements.

• Payment of subscriptions to international organisations.

FOREIGN TRAINING

• International technical conferences on water resource including international  engineering conferences and FAO conferences. Seminars/symposia / workshops  held  in India about water resources, etc.

• Foreign  assignments  under  Colombo Plan World  Bank  and  Asian Development Bank.

• Training co-ordination and overseeing the formulation of a training perspective plan for irrigation sector as a whole

• Sponsoring  of officers for foreign and domestic  training  in water resources sector.