Government of India 
CWC is responsible for appraisal of preliminary/detailed project report pertaining to major inter-state project proposals.
Responsible for co-ordination with states for establishing river basin organisations as per National Water Policy, examination of project reports etc.
Overall Planning, Design, Consultancy and Appraisal for Civil Structural Design of WR Projects.
Dams, being a major infrastructure component of water resources, play a vital role in providing overall water security to the country.
CWC is responsible for Monitoring of Flood situation through Central Flood Control Room during monsson period.
This wing looks into administrative, establishment and personnel service matters
Overall planning, design and appraisal of hydro-mechanical equipment for water resources projects.
Technical appraisal of hydrological aspects like water availabilty, design flood, sedimentation, diversion flood etc.
Monitoring of WR projects at Central Level is done by CWC under the aegis of three tier monitoring system.
This wing is responsible for, collection, compilation, storage and retrieval of hydrological and hydro-meteorological data
Survey and Investigation work related to preparation of DPR for major/medium/multi-purpose WR projects.
All the major river basins and some among the medium river basins are of inter-state nature.
Central Water Commission is monitoring the water quality of rivers since late 1950s and presently its water quality network is spread all over India.
