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Cauvery: Tamil Nadu says Karnataka's scant respect for CWMA orders hurt its delta farmers
ಸುದ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ?
Who enforces the Cauvery award? The 2018 CWMA and the tribunal-plus-Supreme Court chain GS2 tests
Tamil Nadu renews its complaint over release of Cauvery water by Karnataka.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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Tamil Nadu has said that Karnataka's scant respect for the orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority has affected farmers in the Cauvery basin.
The Authority was constituted in 2018 to implement the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award as modified by the Supreme Court.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) was constituted in 2018 to implement the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award.
- The Supreme Court modified the tribunal award in February 2018, and the CWMA implements it as modified.
- Tamil Nadu says Karnataka's scant respect for CWMA orders has hurt farmers in the Cauvery delta.
- The dispute is between upstream Karnataka and downstream Tamil Nadu over release of Cauvery water.
- Cauvery is a peninsular river flowing through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, ending in a delta on the Bay of Bengal.
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- The Cauvery Water Management Authority was constituted in 2018 to give effect to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award as modified by the Supreme Court.
- Interstate river water disputes are adjudicated by tribunals under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, and Article 262 empowers Parliament to bar courts from such disputes.
- The Cauvery basin spans Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS2 (Federalism) and GS1 (Geography). Upstream-downstream conflict over the Cauvery shows the limits of tribunal awards when states resist compliance; the CWMA, set up under the Supreme Court's 2018 modification, is meant to ensure regulated releases. Way forward: transparent real-time data sharing, a distress-sharing formula for deficit years, and cooperative basin-level management over litigation.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
2018ರಲ್ಲಿ ರಚನೆಯಾದ ಕಾವೇರಿ ನೀರು ನಿರ್ವಹಣಾ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರವು ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸಿದ ಯಾವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಐತೀರ್ಪನ್ನು ಜಾರಿಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ?
- ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಜಲ ವಿವಾದ ನ್ಯಾಯಮಂಡಳಿ
- ಮಹದಾಯಿ ಜಲ ವಿವಾದ ನ್ಯಾಯಮಂಡಳಿ
- ಕಾವೇರಿ ಜಲ ವಿವಾದ ನ್ಯಾಯಮಂಡಳಿ
- ಗೋದಾವರಿ ಜಲ ವಿವಾದ ನ್ಯಾಯಮಂಡಳಿ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: C — CWMA ಕಾವೇರಿ ಜಲ ವಿವಾದ ನ್ಯಾಯಮಂಡಳಿಯ ಐತೀರ್ಪನ್ನು (ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ 2018ರ ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ತೀರ್ಪಿನಂತೆ) ಜಾರಿಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
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