**Executive Summary**
This resolution, issued by the Ministry of Jal Shakti on May 11, 2026, amends the original 1972 resolution regarding the constitution of the Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC). The document redefines leadership designations, expands the Commission's technical and planning functions, and outlines specific operational attachments to the Central Water Commission (CWC). Relevant State Governments and Union Ministries are directed to take note of these changes, with States required to publish the resolution in their respective Gazettes.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Restructuring of Leadership Designations**
* **Chairman:** The Chairman of the Ganga Flood Control Commission is now designated as "Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission cum Member (Floods)."
* **Member (Planning):** The Member (Planning) is now designated as "Member (Planning), Ganga Flood Control Commission cum Chief Engineer (Flood Appraisal)."
**Expanded Technical and Functional Scope**
* **Appraisal of Schemes:** The Chairman/Member (Floods) will oversee the appraisal of flood management schemes, including externally aided projects and those from the National Disaster Management Authority and Brahmaputra Board, supported by the Central Water Commission’s specialized directorates.
* **Master Planning:** The Commission is responsible for preparing Master Plans for various river basins, excluding the North Eastern Region (which remains under the Brahmaputra Board).
* **Morphological Studies:** The Commission will conduct river morphological and sedimentation studies to facilitate better planning of flood management works.
* **Information Management:** A "Flood Management Information System" dashboard will be developed to map all ongoing and completed flood management and anti-erosion works, including data on benefitted areas and populations across all States.
**Operational Headquarters and Attachments**
* **HQ Location:** The official Headquarters of the Commission remains in Patna.
* **New Delhi Attachment:** Despite the Patna HQ, the Chairman/Member (Floods) and Member (Planning)/Chief Engineer (Flood Appraisal) shall be attached to the Central Water Commission Headquarters in New Delhi.
**Impact Analysis**
**Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) Leadership**
**Impact**
The leadership now holds dual designations that integrate Commission roles with broader flood appraisal and CWC functions.
**Action Required**
The Chairman and Member (Planning) must coordinate their activities through the Central Water Commission in New Delhi while maintaining the Patna HQ.
**State Governments (Bihar, UP, Uttarakhand, Haryana, MP, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh)**
**Impact**
These states are affected by the revised planning and appraisal processes for flood management and anti-erosion works.
**Action Required**
States are requested to publish this Resolution in their State Gazettes for general public information.
**Central Water Commission (CWC)**
**Impact**
The CWC is now formally integrated with GFCC leadership and is required to provide specialized technical support for the appraisal of flood management schemes.
**Action Required**
Specialized Directorates must provide technical assistance to the GFCC for scheme appraisals as required.
**Union Ministries and Statutory Bodies (Finance, Railways, Agriculture, Niti Aayog, PMO, etc.)**
**Impact**
These entities are officially notified of the structural and functional changes to the GFCC to ensure inter-departmental alignment.
**Action Required**
Update internal records and coordination protocols to reflect the GFCC's new designations and expanded scope.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग I—खण्ड 1
PART I—Section 1
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 132] नई ददल्ली, सोमिार, मई 11, 2026/ििै ाख 21, 1948
No. 132] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026/VAISAKHA 21, 1948
िल िजि मत्रं ालय
िल ससं ाधन, नदी जिकास और गगं ा सरं क्षण जिभाग
सकं ल्प
नई ददल्ली, 11 मई, 2026
ए-50013/354/2024-ई-III.—पूिविती ससंचाई एि ं जिद्युत मंत्रालय के ददनांक 18 अप्रलै , 1972 के संकल्प
संख्या एफसी-47(3)/72, जिसके द्वारा गगं ा बाढ़ जनयंत्रण आयोग का गठन दकया गया था (जिसे इसके उपरांत उि संकल्प
कहा गया ह)ै के क्रम म,ें केंद्र सरकार उि संकल्प म ेंएतद्वारा और संिोधन करती ह:ै-
2. उि संकल्प म,ें -
(i) अनुच्छेद 2 म,ें -
(क) खडं (i) को, जनम्नजलजखत खंड स े प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, अथातव ्ः-
"(i) अध्यक्ष, गगं ा बाढ़ जनयंत्रण आयोग सह सदस्ट्य (बाढ़)";
(ख) खडं (ii) को, जनम्नजलजखत खंड स े प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, अथातव ्ः-
"(ii) सदस्ट्य (योिना), गगं ा बाढ़ जनयंत्रण आयोग सह मुख्य अजभयंता (बाढ़ मल्ू यांकन)";
(ii) अनुच्छेद 5 म,ें खंड (ix) के बाद, जनम्नजलजखत खडं िोड े िाएंगे, अथावत ्ः-
3346 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC.1]
"(x) बाढ़ प्रबंधन योिनाओं का मूल्यांकन जिनम ें बाहरी सहायता प्राप्त योिनाए ं तथा राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रबंधन प्राजधकरण और
ब्रह्मपुत्र बोडव स े प्राप्त योिनाएं िाजमल ह ैं अध्यक्ष, गगं ा बाढ़ जनयंत्रण आयोग सह सदस्ट्य (बाढ़) के अजधकार क्षत्रे म ें होगा;
और िहााँ भी आिश्यक हो, केंद्रीय िल आयोग के जििेषीकृत जनदेिालयों स ेजिजिष्ट तकनीकी सहायता प्राप्त की िाएगी।"
(xi) पूिोत्तर क्षत्रे को छोडकर (जिसकी देखरेख ितवमान म ें ब्रह्मपुत्र बोडव करता ह)ै जिजभन्न नदी बेजसनों के जलए मास्ट्टर
प्लान तैयार करना;
(xii) बाढ़ प्रबंधन कायों की बेहतर योिना बनाने के जलए नदी के आकृजत जिज्ञान और अिसादन संबंधी अध्ययन करना;
(xiii) "बाढ़ प्रबंधन सूचना प्रणाली" नामक डैिबोड व तैयार करना, जिसम ें सभी राज्यों म ें दकए गए बाढ़ प्रबंधन कायों और
कटाि-रोधी कायों (िो पूरे हो चुके ह ैं और िो अभी प्रदक्रयाधीन ह)ैं के साथ-साथ उनस े लाभाजवित क्षेत्रों और आबादी का
जििरण दिव हो;
(iii) अनच्ु छेद 7 को, जनम्नजलजखत अनुच्छेद स ेप्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, अथावत्ः -
"7. आयोग का मुख्यालय पटना म ें होगा। तथाजप, अध्यक्ष, गगं ा बाढ़ जनयंत्रण आयोग सह सदस्ट्य (बाढ़) और सदस्ट्य
(योिना) सह मख्ु य अजभयंता (बाढ़ मूल्यांकन) केंद्रीय िल आयोग, मख्ु यालय, नई ददल्ली से सबं द्ध रहगें े।"
कणव ससंह, संयिु सजचि
आदिे
आदेि ददया िाता ह ै दक संकल्प की एक प्रजत जबहार, उत्तर प्रदेि, उत्तराखंड, हररयाणा, मध्य प्रदिे , ददल्ली,
झारखंड, छत्तीसगढ़, पजिम बंगाल, रािस्ट्थान, जहमाचल प्रदिे की राज्य सरकारों और केंद्रीय जित्त मंत्रालय, रेल मंत्रालय,
कृजष मंत्रालय, सडक पररिहन और रािमागव मंत्रालय, नीजत आयोग, प्रधानमंत्री कायावलय, भारत के राष्ट्रपजत के सजचि
और भारत के जनयंत्रक एि ं महालेखा परीक्षक को सूचना हते ु भिे ी िाए।
यह भी आदेि ददया िाता ह ै दक संकल्प को भारत के रािपत्र म ें प्रकाजित दकया िाए और जबहार, उत्तर प्रदिे ,
उत्तराखंड, हररयाणा, मध्य प्रदिे , ददल्ली, झारखंड, छत्तीसगढ़, पजिम बगं ाल, रािस्ट्थान और जहमाचल प्रदेि की राज्य
सरकारों स े अनुरोध दकया िाए दक िे इस े सिवसाधारण की िानकारी के जलए राज्य के रािपत्र म ें प्रकाजित करें।
कणव ससंह, संयुि सजचि
रटप्पणी- संकल्प संख्या एफसी-47(3)/72, ददनांक 18 अप्रलै , 1972 को भारत के रािपत्र, भाग 1, खंड 1 म ें प्रकाजित
दकया गया था और अंजतम बार संकल्प संख्या 47/7/84 एफसी, ददनांक 15 िलु ाई, 1988 द्वारा संिोजधत दकया गया था।
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
(Department Of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation)
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 11th May, 2026
A-50013/354/2024-E-III.—In continuation of the erstwhile Ministry of Irrigation and Power's
Resolution No. FC-47(3)/72, dated the 18th April, 1972 constituting the Ganga Flood Control Commission
(hereinafter referred to as the said resolution), the Central Government hereby makes the further
amendments in the said resolution, -
2. In the said resolution, -
(i) in paragraph 2, -
(a) for clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: -
"(i) Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission cum Member (Floods)";[भाग I—खण् ड 1] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
(b) for clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: -
"(ii) Member (Planning), Ganga Flood Control Commission cum Chief Engineer (Flood
Appraisal)";
(ii) in paragraph 5, after clause (ix), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: -
"(x) appraisal of flood management schemes including externally aided and those received from National
Disaster Management Authority and Brahmaputra Board will be under domain of Chairman, Ganga Flood
Control Commission cum Member (Floods) with specific technical support from specialised Directorate's
of Central Water Commission wherever required;
(xi) preparation of Master Plans for various river basins except North Eastern Region (currently looked
after by Brahmaputra Board);
(xii) carrying out the river morphological studies and sedimentation studies for better planning of flood
management works:
(xiii) Preparation of dashboard "Flood Management Information System" to map all flood management
works, anti-erosion works (executed as well as ongoing) along with benefitted area and population across
all States.";
(iii) for paragraph 7, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: -
"7. The Headquarters of the Commission will be at Patna. However, Chairman, Ganga Flood Control
Commission cum Member (Floods) and Member (Planning) cum Chief Engineer (Flood Appraisal) shall be
attached to the Central Water Commission, Head Quarter, New Delhi."
KARAN SINGH, Jt. Secy.
ORDER
ORDERED that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to the State Governments of Bihar,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal,
Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and to the Union Ministries of Finance, Railways, Agriculture, Road
Transport and Highways, Niti Aayog, Prime Minister's Office, Secretary to the President of India and
Comptroller and Auditor General of India for information.
ORDERED also that the Resolution be published in the Gazette of India and State Governments of
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West
Bengal, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh be requested to publish it in the State Gazette for general
information.
KARAN SINGH, Jt. Secy.
Note. The Resolution No. FC-47(3)/72, dated the 18th April, 1972 was published in the Gazette of India,
Part 1, Section 1, and last amended vide resolution No. 47/7/84 FC, dated the 15th July, 1988.
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