1. National Hydrology Project Dr
National Hydrology Project Dr. Amita Prasad, Joint Secretary & Project Coordinator
14th September, 2015, New Delhi

2. NHP – Project Background
Sequence of events:
HP-I ( )
HP-II ( )
NHP
INDIA
On Going States
New States
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9 States
6 Central Agencies
13 States
8 Central Agencies
Pan-India
10 Central Agencies 2

3. NHP- Need for the Project
India has 2.4% of the world’s area and 4% of its water resources, supports 17% of the world’s human population and 15% of the livestock ;
As per XII FYP, a 3.19 million people were affected by floods every year and avg. annual losses are worked out to about Rs. 6,976 crore;
Out of 6607 assessment units in the country, 1071 units in various States have been categorized as ‘Over-exploited’
Need to manage our water resources optimally 3

4. NHP – Need for the Project
What needs to be done?
learn from HP-I & HP-II
establishment and upgradation of hydro-meteorological stations and generation of data is a pre-requisite
adopt river basin approach for holistic assessment and management of water resources & develop tools for decision making – e.g. BBMB, upper Krishna river basin
adopt state-of-the-art technology, e.g. latest Remote Sensing tools
cover Ganga and Brahmaputra basin States
Develop tools for ground water management
Enable integration of data at River basin scale & exchange amongst States and Centre through a centralized database system. 4

5. NHP- Salient Features Project Components & Major Activities No.
Description A
Hydro-met Data Acquisition Systems
Expand and upgrade water resources monitoring and data acquisition systems (including Real time systems) B
National Water Resources Information System
Develop and support centralized database management system, water resource data sets, including Remote sensing based information and facilitate State-WRIS C
Water Resources Operation and Management Systems
Develop Decision Support Systems (DSS) in selected river basins for flood forecasting & reservoir operations, water resources (SW & GW) planning and management, etc. D
Water Resources Institutional Capacity Enhancement
capacity building through establishing & supporting water resources data centres, trainings, centres of excellence 5

6. NHP- Salient Features Nature of Scheme: Central Sector Scheme
Project Costs & Funding Mechanism
Nature of Scheme: Central Sector Scheme
Duration of the scheme:
Stage-I: (FY to FY ) – 5 years
Stage-II: (FY to FY ) – 3 years
Project Costs:
S. No.
Item
Cost (Rs in crore) 1
Stage-I:
2342.6 2
Stage-II:
1261.4 3
Contingency:
36.0 4
Total cost:
3640.0 6

7. NHP- Salient Features
Project Costs & Funding Mechanism
As per the norms for externally aided Central Sector projects, the World Bank can finance 50% of the total cost of the Scheme.
The World Bank has, therefore, agreed to finance an amount of Rs crore
S. No.
Plan
Cost (Rs in crore) 1
XII Plan
180.2 2
XIII Plan
2883.2 3
XIV Plan
576.6 4
Total cost:
3640.0 7

8. NHP- Salient Features Project Costs & Funding Mechanism
The summary of the Centre’s share, States’ share and that of World Bank’s loan is given below:
(Rs in Crore)
Item
MoWR’s share
States’ Share
Total
Central Govt.’s Budgetary Support
618.5
659.5
1278
States’ Budget -
542
World Bank’s Loan
1201.5
(through MoWR)
1820
TOTAL
1237
2403
3640 8

9. (to be passed on as Grant)
NHP- Salient Features
The States have requested that the World Bank’s Loan may be passed on to them as Grants. They have agreed to finance a part of the NHP as per details given below:
S. No.
States
Funding pattern (in %)
Govt. of India’s share
(to be passed on as Grant)
State’s Contribution
World Bank Loan
MoWR’s budget
States’ budget 1
Special Category States 50 40 10 2
Other States 25 3
Central Organisations - 9

10. NHP – expected Benefits & Outcome
Adoption of basin approach for holistic water resources planning & management.
Integration and accessibility to hydro-meteorological data will be beneficial for all the riparian States for holistically design, evaluation and prioritization of various projects like:
availability and allocation of water for drinking, agricultural, industrial purposes etc.,
Floods forecasting, inundation & management,
Droughts analysis and management,
Operation of water resources structures, etc.
Evaluation of projects for interlinking of rivers 10

11. NHP – expected Benefits & Outcome
Greater trust building amongst the States on water resources related issues., e.g. NE States have agreed for establishing a common Centre of Excellence for flood forecasting & water resources management at Guwahati for Brahmaputra and Barak rivers under NHP.
The availability of data/information would give a boost to economy by identifying long term availability of water for hydropower, Smart Cities, irrigation development (PMKSY), Industrial corridors etc., thereby indirectly aiding in generating employment 11

12. Role of MoWR in NHP Central Support MoWR shall provide the following:
Technical and Management Support (through (TAMC/CWC/CGWB)
Finalisation of specifications and Terms of reference of consultancies, Preparation and evaluation of bids etc.
evaluation of activities etc.
Technical support on project implementation
Training program through NIH/NWA/RGI
Training program development in all the aspects of project along with academia and R&D institutes across India.
Provide trainings
MIS for project monitoring (financial and physical)
Financial Consultancy for auditing
MoUs with National and International organisations 12

13. Role of MoWR in NHP Central Support MoWR shall also provide following:
National Water Informatics Centre with
Accessibility to real time and integrated River Basin information (neatly 100 layers) including high resolution DEM, ET, Weather forecast, historical database.
Software and support for development of State-WRIS.
Sharing of data through CWC’s Earth Receiving Station
CWC’s Web-based Database management system
with cloud storage hence no financial burden to States
Provision of linkage with States’ Data Centres
Regional River Basin modelling Tools through CWC :
Flood forecasting and early warning system coupled with weather forecast
Water Resources Assessment at River basin scale. 13

14. Role of States
States need to work in close coordination with MoWR and central agencies to derive maximum benefits by taking the following steps:
Design of hydromet network in consultation with MoWR
States’ Data integration and improving accessibility through India-WRIS
River Basin Models for flood forecasting, flash floods and inundation in the affected areas in greater details
Improved assessment of their basin wise water resources. 14

15. Present Status
NHP proposal has been prepared in consultation with State and Central organisations
EFC Memo was circulated to all Ministries
Comments of all the Ministries have been obtained on the EFC Memo - all the ministries have supported.
Brief of the proposal along with the States components has been sent to the States.
Consent of nearly all the States have been obtained.
Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Bihar (GW) and Mah (GW)
Revised EFC being submitted for seeking approval of Finance Ministry. 15

16. The Road Ahead…! Need to firm up the following:
Setting up the PMU with the States
financial arrangement within the States
Fund flow mechanism between the Centre and the States
DEA Readiness for the project
Activities and Time lines
EFC Approval – September, 2015
Negotiation with the World Bank
(will depend on DEA’s readiness criteria)
Cabinet Approval
Signing of Loan/Project Agreement
Project Implementation 16

17. Thank You 17