Polity · 10 Aug 2026

Cauvery Water Management Authority

Consider the following pairs: Institution/Event - Correct Description 1. Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal - Delivered its final award in 2007 under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 2. Supreme Court's 2018 ruling - Modified the Tribunal's award and declared inter-state rivers "national assets" 3. Cauvery Water Management Authority - A body established to approve or reject new projects like the Mekedatu dam 4. Article 262 - Empowers Parliament to provide for adjudication of inter-state river water disputes How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

AOnly one pair
BOnly two pairs
COnly three pairs
DAll four pairs
This question is based on: What Talking Can and Can't Do About the Cauvery
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About this question

Why in news

Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay defended his abandoned attempt at direct talks with Karnataka on the Cauvery and Mekedatu issues, prompting a closer look at which parts of the dispute remain open to political negotiation versus already settled by adjudication.

Why for UPSC

Match-the-pairs format tests whether aspirants can correctly distinguish the CWMA's actual enforcement mandate from a plausible but incorrect extension of its powers to new-project approvals - a distinction UPSC often probes with institutional mandates.

Prelims summary

The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (2007) and Supreme Court (2018) settled water-share allocation under Article 262; the CWMA/CWRC enforce that allocation, but Mekedatu's approval remains a separate, non-adjudicated executive decision.

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