05/09/2025
The Namami Gange Programme (NGP), launched in 2014, is a significant departure from the previous Ganga Action Plan (GAP) and has had a visible impact on the Ganga River's water quality and ecological health. The article highlights the NGP's strategic and institutional agility, noting a key shift from the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the Ministry of Jal Shakti. This move broadened the program's focus from a narrow pollution-abatement goal to a more holistic, river-basin approach, which is crucial for the rejuvenation of all of India's rivers. The NGP's framework, based on a plan developed by a consortium of IITs, emphasizes multi-sectoral engagement to achieve its goals.
To oversee the mission, the government established a new multi-tier governance structure, including the National Ganga Council (NGC) headed by the Prime Minister and an empowered National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) with financial and regulatory authority. The article praises the NGP for creating effective frameworks in a relatively short time, contrasting it with longer European experiences. It concludes that the NGP's experiences, particularly its ability to navigate complex federal dynamics and its focus on multisectoral engagement, can provide a valuable "repository of experiential wisdom" for developing a national framework to rejuvenate all of India's rivers.
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