The World Bank has assigned Deltares and its partners AECOM India and FutureWater to carry out the project ”Analytical Work and Technical Assistance to support Strategic Basin Planning for Ganga River Basin in India”. The key objectives of this project are (i) Significantly strengthen the capability of relevant central and state government agencies to undertake comprehensive evidence-based strategic basin planning for the Ganga River basin, (ii) develop, document and disseminate a set of plausible scenarios that balance improving the health of the river and maintaining an acceptable level of economic productivity (iii) Build stronger and more accessible information and knowledge base to guide on-going dialogue around and management of the Ganga River basin; (iv) Establish on-going multi-stakeholder engagement processes in the basin to support strategic basin planning.