The government has set up a central body – National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC) – to maintain a comprehensive water resources data.
About National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC) :-
It will be a single window source of updated data on water resources in India.
The NWIC will also collaborate with leading national and international research institutes to provide technical support to central and state organisations dealing with water emergency response of hydrological extremes.
The NWIC will work under the Union water resources ministry as its subordinate office. It’ll be headed by a joint secretary level officer.
According to Union Cabinet For Management of Water Resources :-
Since scientific data is needed to take any decision, the Union cabinet had recently approved setting up such a body which can provide value-added products and services to all stakeholders for management and sustainable development of water resources in the country.
Availability of updated data is, in fact, a prerequisite for scientific assessment, monitoring, modelling, Decision Support System (DSS) and integrated water resource management in the country.
The management of water resources is a highly complex and tedious task that involves the expertise in multi-disciplinary domains. It also depends on historical and real-time reliable data and information.
For this, the first requirement is to develop, maintain and update regularly a comprehensive ‘Water Resources Information System’ (WRIS) in public domain for awareness and involvement of all concerned for effective integrated water resources management.
