Mission Ganga

Shashank Raj Gupta
Mission Ganga

Question: Which mission related to Ganga river has been recognized by Guinness Book of World Records recently?
a) Namai Gange
b) National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
c) Ganga Gram
d) None of the above
Ans :b
Recent Context

  • The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records on the first day of the Ganga Utsav.
  • Related Facts
  • It was registered in the Guinness Book because record number of photos of handwritten notes were uploaded on Facebook in an hour.
  • About Ganga Utsav
  • National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) celebrates Ganga Utsav every year to mark the anniversary of announcement of River Ganga as the ‘National River’ i.e. 4th November.
  • Festival promotes stakeholder engagement and ensure public participation towards the rejuvenation of river Ganga under the aegis of the Ganga Knowledge Center.
  • This year’s Ganga Utsav is being organised from 1stto 3rdNovember, 2021.
  • ‘Ganga Utsav 2021 – The River Festival’ will be celebrating not just for River Ganga but all the rivers across the country.
  • The celebrations this year will be part of the ongoing celebrations for 75 years of Independence and Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
  • The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
  • NMCG was registered as a society on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act 1860. It acted as implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA) which was constituted under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act (EPA),1986.
  • NGRBA has since been dissolved with effect from the 7th October 2016, consequent to constitution of National Council for Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga (referred as National Ganga Council) in November 2019.
  • The Act envisages five tier structure at national, state and district level to take measures for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution in river Ganga and to ensure continuous adequate flow of water so as to rejuvenate the river Ganga as below;
  1. National Ganga Council under chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
  2. Empowered Task Force (ETF) on river Ganga under chairmanship of Hon’ble Union Minister of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation).
  3. National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG).
  4. State Ganga Committees and
  5. District Ganga Committees in every specified district abutting river Ganga and its tributaries in the states.

By Kameshwar Shukla

Reference: https://nmcg.nic.in/about_nmcg.aspx
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/national-mission-for-clean-ganga-gets-registered-in-guinness-book-of-world-records-332881