Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is a scientific department under Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. It is a multidisciplinary Scientific Organization with a mandate to "Develop and disseminate technologies for Scientific and Sustainable development and management of India's Ground Water Resources, including monitoring exploration, assessment and augmentation." The Central Ground Water Board was formed in 1970 by renaming erstwhile Exploratory Tube well Organization. Subsequently, Ground Water Division of Geological Survey of India got merged with it in 1972. The Board was placed under various ministries in the past and since 1982, it is an organization under Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. Central Ground Water Board is also discharging the functions as Central Ground Water Authority(CGWA) to regulate and control the development and management of ground water in the country since 1997.

CGWB is headed by Chairman, CGWB followed by 5 Members. With its headquarters at Faridabad, CGWB has 18 Regional Offices, 17 Division Offices and 10 Unit Offices. A broad organisational structure is given below.

Fig. 1: Organisation Structure of CGWB.

Abbreviations:

CGWB: Central Ground Water Board; CGWA: Central Ground Water Authority; HQ: Headquarters; Admn: Administation; FAO: Finance and Accounts Officer; UR: Uttarakhand Region; NR: Northern Region; NWHR: North Western Himalayan Region; NHR: Northern Hilly Region; WR: Western Region; WCR: West Central Region; NWR: North Western Region; NCR: North Central Region; SWR: South Western Region; SECR: South East Coastal Region, SR: Southern Region, KR: Kerala Region, CR: Central Region, RGNGWTRI: Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training and Research Institute, NCCR: North Central Chhattisgarh Region, SER: South Eastern Region, ER: Eastern Region, MER: Middle Eastern Region, NER: North Eastern Region