**Executive Summary**
This document, released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti on December 4, 2025, provides information on the filling of posts at the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA). It details the sanctioned positions, the status of filled positions, and the issuance of a vacancy circular. A vacancy circular was issued on 04.11.2025 to fill the remaining technical posts.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **NDSA Establishment and Structure:**
* NDSA was established under the Dam Safety Act, 2021.
* The authority has 85 sanctioned posts in Groups ‘A’ and ‘B’.
* Six positions are for the Chairman and Members (5).
* 65 technical posts exist across various grades (Director and below).
* 14 posts have been encadred into the Central Secretariat Service (CSS).
* **Staffing Status:**
* The positions of Chairman and five Members have already been filled.
* 10 CWES officers have joined on deputation for the technical posts, and 4 more have recently been selected.
* 11 of the 14 CSS posts are currently filled.
* A total of 27 posts have been filled so far in the NDSA.
* **Flood Management:**
* Flood management and anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by State Governments.
* The Union Government supplements State efforts through technical guidance and financial assistance.
* Integrated flood approach aims for a mix of structural and non-structural measures.
* States are encouraged to adopt flood plain zoning.
* A technical guideline on Flood Plain Zoning was prepared and circulated to the States/UTs in August 2025 by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
**Impact Analysis**
**States/UTs**
* **Impact:** They are responsible for flood management and anti-erosion schemes, and are encouraged to adopt flood plain zoning. They are also to undertake scientific assessment of flood plains and its zoning.
* **Action Required:** Adopt flood plain zoning and utilise the technical guideline on Flood Plain Zoning circulated by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
**Central Water Engineering Service (CWES) Officers**
* **Impact:** CWES officers are being appointed to the NDSA to fill technical posts.
* **Action Required:** Those selected for appointment should join NDSA on deputation.
Key Entities Referenced
Dam Safety Act, 2021: The Act under which the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) was established.
National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA): Newly created organization responsible for dam safety in India, established under the Dam Safety Act, 2021.
Ministry of Jal Shakti: The ministry responsible for flood management, promotion of flood plain zoning and is the parent ministry of the NDSA.
Flood Plain Zoning: A non-structural measure for flood management promoted by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
FILLING OF POSTS IN NATIONAL DAM SAFETY
AUTHORITY
प्रव तथ: 04 DEC 2025 6:15PM by PIB Delhi
National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) has a total of 85 sanctioned posts in Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’, of
which 6 belong to the Chairman and Members (5). The positions of Chairman and five Members have
already been filled. Further, there are 65 technical posts across various grades (Director and below level),
to be manned by officers of the Central Water Engineering Service (CWES), against which 10 CWES
officers have joined on deputation, and 4 more have recently been selected for appointment.
In addition, 14 posts have been encadred into the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), of which 11 are
currently filled. In all, 27 posts have been filled so far in the NDSA.
NDSA is a newly created organization established under the provisions of the Dam Safety Act, 2021. To
fill the remaining technical posts across various grades, the NDSA issued a vacancy circular on
04.11.2025.
Flood management and anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by concerned State
Governments as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by
providing technical guidance and also promotional financial assistance for management of floods in
critical areas. Integrated flood approach aims at adopting judicious mix of structural and non-structural
measures to provide a reasonable degree of protection against flood damages at economic cost.
Ministry of Jal Shakti has continuously impressed upon the States the need to adopt flood plain zoning
approach as a non-structural measure of flood management in the country. In order to enable States to
undertake scientific assessment of flood plains and its zoning as a non-structural measure of flood
mitigation, a technical guideline on Flood Plain Zoning have been prepared and circulated to the
States/UTs in August, 2025 by Ministry of Jal Shakti.
The information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI SHRI RAJ
BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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