Government of India 
International Cooperation
1.Thematic Pillar- “Irrigation & Efficient Water Use” under India- European Union Water Partnership
IEWP Ph-II envisages development of Irrigation Efficiency Protocol for quick assessment of WUE for medium irrigation projects under the Thematic Pillar “Irrigation & Efficient Water Use”. Chief Engineer (POMIO) has been nominated as the nodal officer from CWC. A Joint Technical Working Committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Chief Engineer (POMIO) and Director (IPO) as Member Secretary. A Joint Meeting between Indian and EU side was held on 14.01.2022 co-chaired by Member (WP&P), CWC from Indian side in which the Flexible Action Plan for IEWP Ph-II has been adopted. Thereafter, a meeting was held on 09.02.2022 to kick start the activities under the Thematic Pillar “Irrigation & Efficient Water Use”.
Joint Working Group Meeting between Prof. Charlotte, GIZ team and CWC under India Europe Water Partnership’s (IEWP) Phase 2 was held on 2nd -4th May 2023 and 16th Nov 2023 to review and discuss the draft protocol developed for the Assessment of Irrigation Efficiency for the Thematic Pillar “Irrigation & Efficient Water Use”
2.Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India-Japan in the Field of Water Resources
a)Brief Status
A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed between DoWR,RD&GR, MOJS (GoI) and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan on December 11, 2019 in the field of Water Resources. The specific areas of Cooperation as per the Paragraph III of the above MoC are as under:
i. Integrated Water Resources Management including River Basin management;
ii. Collaboration in the field of use of modern technology and scientific knowledge for efficient use of water and developing appropriate decision support system;
iii. Flood management and forecasting;
iv. Promoting water management, water quality issues and water cycle management through innovative concession arrangements;
v. Capacity building including science and technology development;
vi. Water use efficiency;
vii. Any other mutually agreed areas as decided by the Parties.
A Joint Working Group (JWG) comprising of equal numbers of members from both sides to take forward the strategic partnership and the activities envisaged in the MoC. Sh. Padma Dorje Gyamba, Chief Engineer, POMIO, CWC has been nominated as a Member Secretary of Indian side JWG.
a) Day wise activity achievement as on 17.01.2024
| Sl. No. | Activities | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inked a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) | December 11, 2019 |
| 2 | DoWR,RD&GR constituted a Joint Working Group (JWG) | OM dated 26.10.2021 |
| 3 | DoWR,RD&GR made a partial modification in OM dated 26.10.2021 | OM dated 23.11.2021 |
| 4 | 1st meeting of Joint Working Group (JWG) | dated 21.12.2021 |
| 5 | Discussions with Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of Japan in India Mr. Kiyose Kazuhiro, for constitution of Joint Implementation Group (JIG) | On 07.06.2022 |
| 6 | Discussions with Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of Japan in India Mr. Jun Tsumori, to discuss the constitution of Joint Implementation Group (JIG). | On 03.08.2022 |
| 7 | Joint Implementation Group (JIG) was constituted | OM dated 06.09.2022 |
| 8 | Meeting with CWC Specialized Directorates on Cooperation themes | dated 08.12.2023 |
| 9 | 1st Meeting of the sub-group / Joint Implementation Group (JIG) | On 14.12.2022 |
| 10 | A meeting was organised, wherein officials of Municipal Corporation, Mumbai made a presentation to Japanese side on flood in Mumbai city , causes of flood, Action taken by BMC to abate flooding | on 9th March 2023 |
| 11 | NWM nominated the new Member for JWG Sh Shiv Kumar Dixit, Adviser NWM in place of Shri Suneel Kumar Arora. | OM dated 4th July2023 |
| 12 | CGWB intimated the new Members Namely Smt. T. S. Anitha Shyam, Member (HQ) in place of Shri. Anoop Nagar | email dated 12th July-2023 |
| 13 | DoWR,RD&GR vide office Memorandum reconstituted the Head of Indian side JWG | OM dated 10th October-2023 |
| 14 | Minutes of Meeting of discussion between two nodal officers of Sub group of Japan and India. Mr. Takahiro Konami , Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure Transport and Tourism & Mr. Padma Dorje Gyamba Central water Commission, DoWR, RD&GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti | 11th Dec-2023 |
| 15 | DoWR,RD&GR vide office Memorandum dated 11.1.2024 reconstituted the Indian side JWG. | OM dated 11th Jan -2024 |
3.India- Australia Joint Working Group
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Govts. of India and Australia in the field of Water Resources Management. One of the priority areas under the collaboration is an Irrigation Efficiency Pilot Project for which Chief Engineer (POMIO) has been assigned as the Nodal officer. Under the pilot project, command area of around 560 ha. lying in the Kichakeswari Panipanchayat under Subernarekha Irrigation Project (Odisha) has been identified for carrying out the improvements/ modernization by the Australian side with an objective of improving the crop production in the region. Australian side has awarded the work for carrying out the scoping study to Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL). The scoping study report has been received from Australian side on 18.08.2022.