National Rainfed Area Authority Organizes meeting for Watershed Development and Management
National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), MoA&FW organized a National Level Technical Committee (NLTC) meeting under the REWARD (Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development) programme yesterday ( 22.09.26) at NASC Complex, New Delhi.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NRAA, Dr. Chandra Shekhar Kumar, IAS presided over the meeting. Dr. A. K. Nayak, DDG (NRM), ICAR ,Shri Nitin Khade, IAS, Joint Secretary (WM), DoLR, Dr. Subrat Panda, IAS, Director (DSC&WD), Odisha, Shri Upendra Pratap Singh, Commissioner, WDD, Karnataka (online) also attended the meeting. The scientists and representatives of State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA) Odisha and Karnataka, Technical partners from ICAR Institutes, Agricultural Universities, IIT, NGOs, consortium partners, REWARD PMU team of DoLR and NRAA, and CoE-WM (approximately 45 participants) participated in the meeting. The meeting was coordinated by Dr. Susama Sudhishri, Technical Expert (Watershed Development) and PI-REWARD, NRAA.
Dr. Susama requested the State Level Nodal Agencies of Odisha and Karnataka to share the recorded data with NRAA and consortium partners for analysis and preparation of reports, and validation of NTG. The NTG being developed will be used for future generation watershed development in our country under Watershed Development Component- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana 3.0.. (UPDATED ON 23RD SEPTEMBER 2026)
