Water and Energy Commission Secretariat

Mandates

• To formulate necessary policies and strategies for conducting study, research, survey and analysis on various aspects of water resources and energy development in keeping with the priorities and targets Government of Nepal.

• To enact the necessary laws pertaining to the development of water resources and energy. 

  To establish coordination among national and sectoral policies relating to water resources and energy sector.

• Identify the viable power projects and make an analysis of bilateral and multilateral projects relating to the development of water resources and energy.

• Conduct studies of national electricity demand, forecast and system planning. 

• Identify power projects.

• Conduct various policy research works for development of electricity sector.
  

 

c) Mandates by Water Resources Strategy (WRS), 2002

• Improve the application of the agreed strategic planning concept so that water sector issues can be addressed in an integrated manner;

• Coordinate relevant line ministries and departments to achieve integrated water resources management objectives;

• Enable sustainable development of water resources to benefit more people;

• Promote and advance river basin planning concepts to optimize water use benefits and minimize conflicts; and

• Monitor water sector development and management more closely and independently commensurate with the agreed policy and strategy.

d) Mandates by National Water Plan (NWP), 2005

• I. Act as an apex institution to coordinate national level planning to the entire water resources sector;

• II. Advise NPC on budget allocation

• III. Provide techno-economic clearance to water resources projects which shall be mandatory for:

• Hydropower projects of more than 10 MW installed capacity; 

  Irrigation projects of more than 5,000 ha command area;

• Drinking water supply projects covering more than 100,000 population

• River training projects covering a river stretch of more than 10 km, irrespective of the protection work being on one or both sides of the river;

• Projects designed for multipurpose use;

• Projects with trans-boundary implications; and

• Projects involving inter-basin water transfer.

 

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