Lok Sabha Question No. 3108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-18
Subject: National Water Awards and JSJB Awards
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3108

ANSWERED ON 18.12.2025

## NATIONAL WATER AWARDS AND JSJB AWARDS

3108.   SHRI EATALA RAJENDER:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has conferred awards to the winners of National Water Awards and Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) Awards; and

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the encouragement given to promote people's participation through such awards in the society, the response received, State-wise including Telangana and Uttarakhand?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) & (b) Yes. The Government of India conferred the 6th National Water Awards, 2024, and incentivised different stakeholders under Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) on 18 th November, 2025.

National Water Awards : National Water Awards aim to encourage various stakeholders, including States, Districts,  Schools,  Civil  Societies,  Gram  Panchayats,  Urban  Local  Bodies,  Water  User  Associations, Institutions, and the Corporate Sector, to adopt a holistic approach towards water resources management in the country. 46 winners (including joint winners) were selected across 10 categories. The relevant details of the 6th National Award Winners is at Annexure-I .

JSJB  Incentive  Plan: JSJB  is  a  community-driven  initiative  launched  on  6  Sept  2024  under  Jal  Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain to promote participatory groundwater recharge and rainwater harvesting through a 'whole-of-government  and  whole-of-society'  model  (3Cs:  Community,  CSR,  Cost).  The  JSJB  incentives were released, inter alia, to States/UTs, districts, Municipal Corporations, industries, NGOs,  and philanthropists. The relevant details, including those for Telangana and Uttarakhand, are in Annexure-II .

Such steps encourage various stakeholders, including States, Districts, Schools, Civil Societies, Gram Panchayats, Urban Local Bodies, Water User Associations, Institutions, Corporate Sector, to adopt a holistic approach towards water resources management.

The  JSJB  initiative  has  led  to  diverse,  scalable,  and  replicable  models  for  artificial  groundwater recharge  through  people's  participation  and  cooperation.  The  initiative  created  public  awareness  and encouraged collective action. Contributions from several districts of Telangana and from individuals such as Shri  Mohan  Chandra  Kandpal  of  Uttarakhand  lead  to  improved  implementation  of  water-rejuvenation works. Further,  these  awards  and  incentives  motivate  stakeholders  to  adopt  innovative  practices  for  water conservation, and also help recognise their work in the water sector.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3108  TO  BE  ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.12.2025 REGARDING 'NATIONAL WATER AWARDS AND JSJB AWARDS'.

## List of winners of the 6th National Water Awards is as follows:

| 6th   | National Water Award, 2024 - Winners SNWinner                               | State           | Rank                   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|       | 1. BEST STATE                                                               |                 |                        |
| 1     | Maharashtra                                                                 | Maharashtra     | First                  |
| 2     | Gujarat                                                                     | Gujarat         | Second                 |
| 3     | Haryana                                                                     | Haryana         | Third                  |
|       | 2. BEST DISTRICT                                                            |                 |                        |
|       | East Zone                                                                   |                 |                        |
| 4     | Rajnandgaon                                                                 | Chhattisgarh    | First                  |
|       | West Zone                                                                   |                 |                        |
| 5     | Khargone                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh  | First                  |
|       | North Zone                                                                  |                 |                        |
| 6     | Mirzapur                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh   | First                  |
|       | South Zone                                                                  |                 |                        |
| 7     | Tirunelveli                                                                 | Tamil Nadu      | First                  |
|       | North East Zone                                                             |                 |                        |
| 8     | Sepahijala                                                                  | Tripura         | First                  |
|       | 3. BEST ULB                                                                 |                 |                        |
| 9     | Navi Mumbai                                                                 | Maharashtra     | First                  |
| 10    | Bhavnagar                                                                   | Gujarat         | Second                 |
| 11    | Nabadiganta Industrial Township                                             | West Bengal     | Third -Joint Winner    |
| 12    | Agra                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh   | Third -Joint Winner    |
|       | 4. BEST INSTITUTION OTHER THAN SCHOOL &COLLEGE                              |                 |                        |
|       | Inside-Campus category                                                      |                 |                        |
| 13    | Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar                                 | Gujarat         | First -Joint winner    |
| 14    | ICAR - Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa                 | Goa             | First - Joint winner   |
| 15    | Birla Institute of Technology& Science, Pilani                              | Rajasthan       | Second-Joint winner    |
| 16    | Islamic University of Science &Technology, Awantipora                       | Jammu Kashmir   | & Second -Joint winner |
| 17    | Assam Rifles, Manipur                                                       | Manipur         | Special Mention        |
|       | Outside-Campus category                                                     |                 |                        |
| 18    | Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar               | Haryana         | First -Joint winner    |
| 19    | Regional Chief Conservator of Forests, Berhampur Circle                     | Odisha          | First -Joint winner    |
|       | 5. BEST WATERUSER ASSOCIATION                                               |                 |                        |
| 20    | Vettaikaranpudur Canal Odayakulam Village Coimbatore                        | WUA, Tamil Nadu | First                  |
| 21    | KanifnathWUA, Nashik                                                        | Maharashtra     | Second                 |
| 22    | 6. BEST CIVIL SOCIETY                                                       |                 |                        |
| 23    | Banaskantha District Co-operative milk producers union limited, Banaskantha | Gujarat         | First                  |

| 24   | Ambuja Foundation, Jaipur                                        | Rajasthan       | Second               |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
| 25   | Art of Living, Bengaluru                                         | Karnataka       | Third                |
|      | 7. BEST VILLAGE PANCHAYAT                                        |                 |                      |
| 26   | Dubbiganipalli, Annamayya                                        | Andhra Pradesh  | First -Joint winner  |
| 27   | Payam, Kannur                                                    | Kerala          | First -Joint winner  |
| 28   | Kaweshwar, Khandwa                                               | Madhya Pradesh  | Second -Joint winner |
| 29   | Murugummi, Prakasam                                              | Andhra Pradesh  | Second -Joint winner |
| 30   | Balapuram, Tiruvallur                                            | Tamil Nadu      | Third - Joint Winner |
| 31   | Dumarpani, Kanker                                                | Chhattisgarh    | Third - Joint Winner |
|      | 8. BESTSCHOOLOR COLLEGE                                          |                 |                      |
| 32   | Krishna Public School, Raipur                                    | Chhattisgarh    | First - Joint Winner |
| 33   | Army Public School, Kolkata                                      | West Bengal     | First - Joint Winner |
| 34   | BHSS, Zainakote, Srinagar                                        | Jammu & Kashmir | Second               |
| 35   | Malusanta Govt Nodal Higher Secondary School, Damanjodi, Koraput | Odisha          | Third - Joint Winner |
| 36   | Jharkhand Balika Aawasiya Vidyalaya (JBAV) Rahe, Ranchi          | Jharkhand       | Third - Joint Winner |
| 37   | Mount Abu Public School, Rohini, Delhi                           | Delhi           | Special Mention      |
| 38   | Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi              | Delhi           | Special Mention      |
| 39   | Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Model School, Thiruvananthapuram         | Kerala          | Special Mention      |
|      | 9. BEST INDUSTRY                                                 |                 |                      |
| 40   | Apollo Tyres Limited, Kanchipuram                                | Tamil Nadu      | First                |
| 41   | Hero MotoCorp Limited, Gurugram                                  | Haryana         | Second               |
| 42   | Jhajjar Power Limited, Jhajjar                                   | Haryana         | Third                |
|      | 10. BEST INDIVIDUAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN WATERSECTOR                |                 |                      |
|      | East Zone                                                        |                 |                      |
| 43   | Shri Kishore Jaiswal                                             | Bihar           | First                |
|      | West Zone                                                        |                 |                      |
| 44   | Shri Bajrang Lal Jaithu                                          | Rajasthan       | First                |
|      | North Zone                                                       |                 |                      |
| 45   | Shri Mohan Chandra Kandpal                                       | Uttarakhand     | First                |
|      | South Zone                                                       |                 |                      |
| 46   | Shri Podili Rajasekhara Raju                                     | Andhra Pradesh  | First                |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3108  TO  BE  ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.12.2025 REGARDING 'NATIONAL WATER AWARDS AND JSJB AWARDS'.

## List for Jal Sanchay - Jan Bhagidari (JSJB)

## States /Union Territories recognised

1. TELANGANA
2. CHHATTISGARH
3. RAJASTHAN

## Districts incentivised

|   Sr | Zone          | Category   |   Rank | State         | District             |
|------|---------------|------------|--------|---------------|----------------------|
|    1 | Northern Zone | Category 1 |      1 | UTTAR PRADESH | MIRZAPUR             |
|    2 |               | Category 1 |      2 | UTTAR PRADESH | VARANASI             |
|    3 |               | Category 1 |      3 | UTTAR PRADESH | JALAUN               |
|    4 |               | Category 2 |      1 | UTTAR PRADESH | CHITRAKOOT           |
|    5 |               | Category 1 |      1 | CHHATTISGARH  | BALOD                |
|    6 |               | Category 1 |      2 | CHHATTISGARH  | RAJNANDGAON          |
|    7 | Eastern Zone  | Category 1 |      3 | CHHATTISGARH  | RAIPUR               |
|    8 |               | Category 2 |      1 | CHHATTISGARH  | MAHASAMUND           |
|    9 |               | Category 2 |      2 | CHHATTISGARH  | BALODA BAZAR         |
|   10 |               | Category 2 |      3 | CHHATTISGARH  | GARIYABAND           |
|   11 |               | Category 3 |      1 | CHHATTISGARH  | BILASPUR             |
|   12 |               | Category 3 |      2 | CHHATTISGARH  | RAIGARH              |
|   13 |               | Category 3 |      3 | BIHAR         | NALANDA              |
|   14 |               | Category 3 |      4 | ODISHA        | GANJAM               |
|   15 |               | Category 3 |      5 | BIHAR         | KAIMUR (BHABUA)      |
|   16 |               | Category 3 |      6 | CHHATTISGARH  | BALRAMPUR            |
|   17 |               | Category 3 |      7 | ODISHA        | MAYURBHANJ           |
|   18 |               | Category 3 |      8 | CHHATTISGARH  | DHAMTARI             |
|   19 |               | Category 3 |      9 | BIHAR         | ROHTAS               |
|   20 |               | Category 3 |     10 | ODISHA        | KALAHANDI            |
|   21 |               | Category 3 |     11 | ODISHA        | RAYAGADA             |
|   22 |               | Category 3 |     12 | CHHATTISGARH  | SURAJPUR             |
|   23 |               | Category 3 |     13 | BIHAR         | PURBI CHAMPARAN      |
|   24 |               | Category 3 |     14 | BIHAR         | KATIHAR              |
|   25 |               | Category 3 |     15 | ODISHA        | CUTTACK              |
|   26 |               | Category 3 |     16 | CHHATTISGARH  | DURG                 |
|   27 |               | Category 1 |      1 | TELANGANA     | ADILABAD             |
|   28 |               | Category 1 |      2 | TELANGANA     | NALGONDA             |
|   29 | Southern Zone | Category 1 |      3 | TELANGANA     | MANCHERIAL           |
|   30 |               | Category 2 |      1 | TELANGANA     | WARANGAL             |
|   31 |               | Category 2 |      2 | TELANGANA     | NIRMAL               |
|   32 |               | Category 2 |      3 | TELANGANA     | JANGOAN              |
|   33 |               | Category 3 |      1 | TELANGANA     | BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM |
|   34 |               | Category 3 |      2 | TAMIL NADU    | COIMBATORE           |
|   35 |               | Category 3 |      3 | TELANGANA     | MAHABUBNAGAR         |
|   36 |               | Category 3 |      4 | KARNATAKA     | GADAG                |
|   37 |               | Category 3 |      5 | KARNATAKA     | KOLAR                |
|   38 |               | Category 3 |      6 | KARNATAKA     | BIDAR                |
|   39 |               | Category 3 |      7 | KARNATAKA     | TUMAKURU             |
|   40 |               | Category 3 |      8 | KARNATAKA     | VIJAYAPURA           |
|   41 |               | Category 3 |      9 | KARNATAKA     | MANDYA               |
|   42 |               | Category 3 |     10 | TAMIL NADU    | NAMAKKAL             |

| 43.                    | Category 3         |   11 | KARNATAKA         | CHITRADURGA     |
|------------------------|--------------------|------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 44.                    | Category 3         |   12 | ANDHRA PRADESH    | SPSR NELLORE    |
| 45.                    | Category 3         |   13 | TAMIL NADU        | RAMANATHA PURAM |
| 46.                    | Category 1         |    1 | MADHYA PRADESH    | EAST NIMAR      |
| 47.                    | Category 1         |    2 | RAJASTHAN         | BHILWARA        |
| Western 48.            | Zone Category 1    |    3 | RAJASTHAN         | BARMER          |
| 49.                    | Category 2         |    1 | GUJARAT           | SURAT           |
| 50.                    | Category 2         |    2 | RAJASTHAN         | JAIPUR          |
| 51.                    | Category 2         |    3 | RAJASTHAN         | UDAIPUR         |
| 52.                    | Category 3         |    1 | RAJASTHAN         | ALWAR           |
| 53.                    | Category 3         |    2 | MADHYA PRADESH    | GUNA            |
| 54.                    | Category 3         |    3 | MADHYA PRADESH    | BETUL           |
| 55.                    | Category 3         |    4 | GUJARAT           | RAJKOT          |
| 56.                    | Category 3         |    5 | MADHYA PRADESH    | DHAR            |
| 57.                    | Category 3         |    6 | RAJASTHAN         | DUNGARPUR       |
| 58.                    | Category 3         |    7 | GUJARAT           | NAVSARI         |
| 59.                    | Category 3         |    8 | RAJASTHAN         | BARAN           |
| 60.                    | Category 3         |    9 | MADHYA PRADESH    | DEWAS           |
| 61.                    | Category 3         |   10 | MADHYA PRADESH    | SEONI           |
| 62.                    | Category 3         |   11 | RAJASTHAN         | CHITTORGARH     |
| 63.                    | Category 3         |   12 | RAJASTHAN         | SIKAR           |
| 64.                    | Category 3         |   13 | MADHYA PRADESH    | KHARGONE        |
| 65.                    | Category 3         |   14 | GUJARAT           | KHEDA           |
| 66.                    | Eastern Category 1 |    1 | TRIPURA           | North Tripura   |
| North- Zone States 67. | Hilly Category 1   |    2 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | RAJOURI         |

## Municipal Corporations

|   SR. | Category                      |   Rank | State          | Municipal Corporation                                                                                                   |
|-------|-------------------------------|--------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Top 10 Municipal Corporations |      1 | CHHATTISGARH   | RAIPUR Municipal Corporation                                                                                            |
|     2 | Top 10 Municipal Corporations |      2 | TELANGANA      | Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board responsible for JSJB in the HYDERABAD Municipal Corporation area |
|     3 | Top 10 Municipal Corporations |      3 | UTTAR PRADESH  | GORAKHPUR Municipal Corporation                                                                                         |
|     4 | Top 10 Municipal Corporations |      4 | ANDHRA PRADESH | RAJAHMUNDRY Municipal Corporation                                                                                       |
|     5 | Top 10 Municipal Corporations |      5 | UTTAR PRADESH  | GHAZIABAD Municipal Corporation                                                                                         |
|     6 | Top 10 Municipal Corporations |      6 | GUJARAT        | SURAT Municipal Corporation                                                                                             |

## ULBs

|   Sr.Category | Sr.Category                                     |   Rank | State          | District ULBs   |
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------|-----------------|
|             1 | Top 50 ULBs (other than Municipal Corporations) |      1 | Madhya Pradesh | Guna GUNA       |

## NGOs

1. Jaltara Save Groundwater
2. Gir Ganga Parivar
3. Art of Living

## Private Philanthropist- Philanthropic Contributions

1. Karmabhoomi se Matrabhoomi
2. Hasmukhbhai - Gujarat

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