It can be argued that whims rather than institutions govern Odisha's water resources development and management. The party's election manifesto (2014) ruling the state presently promised to add 10.00 lakh hectares (ha.) of land for irrigation coverage in the next five years. This is the only document referred to as a 'perspective plan in the water sector'. But even after a year of being re-elected, a five-year blueprint on water resources has yet to materialize.