What is the meaning of CWC in Organization category?

Central Water Commission is an Indian technical organization working in the field of water resource planning. The commission is presently functioning as an attached office of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, of Government of India. Various responsibilities of commission include 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 water power development. Few domains under CWC are: flood forecasting/ hydrological observation, appraisal of water resources projects, basin planning and management, civil & structural design of WR projects, dam safety, human resource management, hydro-mechanical design of WR projects, hydrology, monitoring of water resources projects, river management, survey and investigation of WR projects, water disputes resolution, and water management.

The commission 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 and the work of the commission is divided among 3 wings namely, Designs and Research (D&R) Wing, River Management (RM) Wing, and Water Planning and Projects (WP&P) Wing.