{"id":154067,"date":"2021-12-16T22:13:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=154067"},"modified":"2021-12-16T22:13:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:43:49","slug":"national-interlinking-of-rivers-authority-nira","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-interlinking-of-rivers-authority-nira\/","title":{"rendered":"National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About NIRA: <\/strong>It would be an independent <strong>autonomous<\/strong> body for planning, investigation, financing and the implementation of the river interlinking projects in the country.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will function as an umbrella body for all river linking projects.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-154079 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ILR.jpg?resize=630%2C602&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ILR.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ILR.jpg?resize=300%2C287&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Structure of NIRA: <\/strong>It is to be headed by a Government of India(Secretary-rank) officer, and will replace the existing National Water Development Agency (NWDA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Function<\/strong>-The new body will coordinate with neighbouring countries as directed by the Ministry of Jal Shakti or the Ministry of External Affairs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also it will coordinate with concerned states, and departments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Powers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It can work on issues related to environment, wildlife and forest clearances under river linking projects and their legal aspects.<\/li>\n<li>It will have the power to raise funds and act as a repository of borrowed funds or money received on deposit or loan given on interest.<\/li>\n<li>It can set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for individual link projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About NIRA: It would be an independent autonomous body for planning, investigation, financing and the implementation of the river interlinking projects in the country. It will function as an umbrella body for all river linking projects. Structure of NIRA: It is to be headed by a Government of India(Secretary-rank) officer, and will replace the existing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-interlinking-of-rivers-authority-nira\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10335,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-154067","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}