The National Hydrology Project is an initiative for water resource development and management of the Jal Shakti ministry and the World Bank. It is a central sector scheme started in 2016. The objective of the project is to improve the extent, reliability and accessibility of water resources information and to strengthen the capacity of water resource management institutions. It has a budgetary outlay of 3,680 crore INR to be spent over an 8 year period.