NMCG Powers Capacity Growth and Infrastructure Milestones in FY 2025–26

• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is the implementing arm of the Namami Gange Programme, the flagship integrated river-rejuvenation mission for the Ganga basin under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• FY 2025–26 marks an acceleration phase before the December 2026 deadline to sanction 7,000 MLD cumulative sewage treatment capacity.
• UPSC relevance: links GS-III (environment, pollution abatement, infrastructure), GS-II (centrally sponsored scheme governance) and Prelims (institutions, river systems).