It was decided that the First Census of Water Bodies will be conducted along with the 6th Minor Irrigation structures, since the convergence of 6th MI census and First census of Water Bodies offers substantial savings in resources on planning, training of field staff, field work, scrutiny, data entry, validation etc because the coverage area of both the censuses in rural areas is the same. However, the first census of Water Bodies also covers urban areas and also takes into account all types of uses of Water Bodies like Irrigation, Industry, Pisciculture, Domestic/Drinking, Recreation, Religious purpose, Ground Water Recharge and other uses.