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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which is the first institution set up under the National river interlinking policy? Notes: The Central Government has constituted the Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority to implement the first initiative under the national river interlinking policy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ken-Betwa link project (KBLP) is the first river interlinking project, among the 16 similar projects planned under the Peninsular Rivers Development of the NPP. It will connect the tributaries of the Yamuna River, namely the Ken river in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh and the Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Ken-Betwa Link. The Ken-Betwa river-linking project will benefit the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -This project envisages the transfer of water from the water-excess basin to the water-deficient basin by interlinking 37 rivers of India by a network of almost 3000 storage dams. This will form a gigantic South Asian water grid.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ambitious idea of interlinking of Indian rivers originated in the British engineering thinking with Sir Arthur Cotton, an irrigation engineer, who suggested interlinking the Ganga and the Cauvery rivers for navigational purposes.