The 15th meeting of the Review Committee for Narmada Control Authority (RCNCA) was held 0n 27th October 2026 through video conferencing under the Chairmanship of Shri C. R. Paatil, Union Minister of Jal Shakti & Chairman, RCNCA, with the participation of Shri Bhupendra Patel, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Mohan Yadav, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
The RCNCA adopted the opinion of Ld. Attorney General for India (AGI) and the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed on 7th July, 2026 at New Delhi among the four States in the presence of Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation and Shri C. R. Paatil, Union Minister of Jal Shakti, as a one-time settlement of all the pending inter-State dues, claims and financial liabilities and approved the modalities for payment of the outstanding dues.
The adoption of the MoA marks a historic milestone towards ending the long term disputes of cost sharing issues of the construction of Sardar Sarovar Project by the States of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, thereby resolving the payments to be made as a one-time settlement of pending dues.
Shri C. R. Paatil, Union Minister of Jal Shakti thanked the Chief Ministers of the four States for their cooperation in adopting the opinion of Ld. AGI and the Memorandum of Agreement dated 7th July, 2026 and in finalization of the modalities for payment of outstanding dues of NWDT Award Projects within this Financial Year 2026-27. He said that under the able guidance of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, every effort is being made to resolve inter-State river water issues. He also thanked the officers of the party States, DoWR, RD & GR and NCA for their efficient work on the MoA and for convening the 15th RCNCA meeting to ratify it.