Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is implementing a scheme viz. Development of Water Resources Information System (DWRIS) with the main objective of collecting the necessary data from various sources, analysis of important data and developing a robust information system on water resources. A Web based Water Resources Information System on Geographical Information System platform, named as INDIA-WRIS (www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in), has been launched by the Central Water Commission jointly with National Remote Sensing Centre.
