The mission of the organisation is to safeguard the drainage basin which feeds water into the Ganges by protecting it from pollution or overuse.
[1] The Government of India, in a notification issued on 20 September 2016, announced that it has taken the decision under the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order 2016 to establish a new body named the "National Council for River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management)" (NCRG) to replace the existing NGRBA.
The new body will act as an authority replacing the existing National Ganga River Basin Authority for overall responsibility pollution prevention and rejuvenation of the Ganges Basin It was established by the Government of India, on 20 February 2009 under Section 3(3) of the Environment Protection Act, 1986, which also declared the Ganges as the "National River" of India.
The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority was held on 5 October 2009.
[3] In the 2010 Union budget of India, the allocation for National Ganga River Basin Authority doubled to ₹500 crore (5,000,000,000.00).