A committee of Environmentalists, Social Scientists and other Experts on Interlinking of Rivers has been constituted by MoWR in December 2004. The Committee is constituted with a view to make the process of proceedings on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) in a fully consultative manner with the following composition and terms of reference:

Composition of the Committee (Updated):

1	Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, New Delhi	Chairman
2	Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi	Member
3	Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi	Member
4	Chairman, Central Water Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi	Member
5	Shri Z. Hasan, Former Secretary (WR), GOI, Noida	Member
6	Shri A.C. Kamraj Chairman, NAWAD Council, Madurai, Tamil Nadu	Member
7	Shri P. Sen, Rtd. Member, Central Water Commission, Member Kolkata, West Bengal	Member
8	Shri Rajinder Singh, Noted Sociologist  Alwar, Rajasthan	Member
9	Dr. Ms Mala Kapur Shankardass, Chairperson          Development Welfare and Research Foundation, New Delhi	Member
10	Dr. Ashok Khosla President, Development Alternatives, New Delhi	Member
11	Prof. M. N. Madhyastha, Environmentalist, Centre for Ecological & Environment Studies, Mangalore University, Karnataka	Member
12	Dr. Vijay Paranjpe, President and Founder of Gomukh and Gangotree Trusts, Pune	Member
13	Sh. Himanshu Thakkar,  Coordinator of Centre for Water Policy & Editor of Journal title "Dams Rivers & People", New Delhi	Member
14	Director General, National Water Development Agency.	Member-Secretary
Special Invitees:
1.	Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, New Delhi
2.	Commissioner (PR), Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Terms of Reference (Updated):

The Committee will advise the Government on the following aspects of the proposed project.

Ø      Environmental and socio-economic issues covered in the Term of Reference (TOR) for preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) finalized by the Task Force.

Ø      Rehabilitation & Resettlement package for the persons affected by ILR programme keeping in view the national R&R policy and structure of the agency for its implementation.

Ø      Additional studies needed to be carried out, to address any other concerns in the ILR   Programme.

Ø      Impacts of proposed inter basin transfer of water links on settlements, occupations and other socio-economic activities, while preparing the DPRs.

Ø       Adoption of appropriate measures for optimum utilizations of   transferred water   especially in the water short basins while preparing the various DPRs.

Ø      Consideration of the above issue/aspects so as to cover the impact studies of intra-state river linking proposals while preparing their DPRs.