National Water Policy of India: Comparative Study of Cauvery and Ganges River Water Dispute

Abstract

This article basically highlights the importance of water scarcity along with role played by National Water Policy of India - dealing with policies related to water management. Evolution of the policy and the changes that it has undergone with passage of time and situation is something which is also discussed. Further, this article also tries to explain the disputes related to river water in context of Inter-State River Water Dispute Act. The comparative analysis of two major water disputes – Cauvery and Ganges River Water Disputes is also discussed. Cauvery River Water dispute basically deals with the conflict between southern states of India especially Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the sharing of Cauvery River Water. On the other hand, Ganges River Water Dispute basically deals with the conflict between India and Bangladesh over sharing of Ganges River – this case is responsible to explain the river water dispute in international lens.