India, March 7 -- The Government of India (GoI) launched the Namami Gange Programme (NGP) in 2014-15 for the rejuvenation of river Ganga and its tributaries with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore, for five years, up to March 2021 and has been further extended to March 2026 with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 22,500 crore.

The National Ganga Plan (CS) has been allocated a financial outlay of Rs. 3,400 crore[1] for the year 2025-26. This investment aims to enhance sewage treatment capacity, improve water quality, and regulate industrial waste discharge to rejuvenate the Ganga River and achieve prescribed bathing standards by 2025.

Ganga: Lifeline of India

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