Central Water Commission

CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION

Abbreviation	CWC
Formation	1945
Headquarters	Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi
Location	INDIA
Ministers Responsible	Chandrakant Raghunath Patil, Union Minister of Jal Shakti V. Somanna, Minister of State Raj Bhushan Choudhary, Minister of State
Chairman	Kushvinder Vohra
Duties	Premier Technical Organization of India in the field of Water Resources
Mode of Selection	Indian Engineering Services Examination for Group 'A' Post Staff Selection Commission JE Exam for Group 'B' Post
Website	http://www.cwc.gov.in

Central Water Commission (CWC) is a premier Technical Organization of India in the field of Water Resources and is presently functioning as an attached office of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. The Commission is entrusted with the general responsibilities of initiating, coordinating and furthering in consultation of the State Governments concerned, schemes for control, conservation and utilization of water resources throughout the country, for purpose of Flood Control, Irrigation, Navigation, Drinking Water Supply and Hydro Power Development. It also undertakes the investigations, construction and execution of any such schemes as required.

CWC is headed by a Chairman, with the status of Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India. The work of the Commission is divided among three wings namely, Designs and Research (D&R) Wing, River Management (RM) Wing and Water Planning and Projects (WP&P) Wing. Each wing is placed under the charge of a full-time Member with the status of Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India and comprising a number of organizations responsible for the disposal of tasks and duties falling within their assigned scope of functions.

The post of Chairman, CWC is currently held by Sh. Kushvinder Vohra, a 1985 batch CWES Gr ‘A’ officer.^[1]