The State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA) for IWMP has been constituted as an autonomous Society namely “West Bengal State Watershed Development Agency” (WBSWDA) vide Government of West Bengal, Department of Agriculture Notification no. 1628-Inpt./9M-67/08 (Pt.I), dated Kolkata, the 12th October, 2011(Annexure I, page60). The compositionof Governing Body of the WBSWDA is as follows:
Sl | Name | Designation |
1 | Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal | Chairman |
2 | Representative from Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC), Government of India | Member |
3 | Representative from Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. | Member |
4 | Representative from National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), Government of India. | Member |
5 | Representative from National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD). | Member |
6 | Secretary, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
7 | Secretary, Animal Resource Development Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
8 | Secretary, Water Resource Investigation & Development Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
9 | Secretary, Forest Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
10 | Secretary, Power & Non-Conventioal Energy Sources Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
11 | Secretary, FPI & Horticulture Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
12 |
Secretary, Fisheries Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
13 | Secretary, Irrigation & Waterways Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member |
14 |
Secretary, Agriculture Department, Government of West Bengal. | Member Convener |
15 |
CEO & Secretary, WBSWDA. | Member Secretary |
16 |
The O.S.D & Ex-officio Director of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal |
Member |
17 |
The Director, Department of Horticulture, Government of West Bengal | Member |
18 | The Director, Animal Resource Development Department, Government of West Bengal | Member |
19 | The Director, Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal | Member |
20 | The Chief Engineer (CE-1), Water Resources Investigation & Development Department, Government of West Bengal | Member |
21 | The Director, State Agriculture Management & Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Narendrapur, West Bengal | Member |
22 | Representative from an NGO working in this field. | Member |