Cooperative Federalism & River Water Disputes in India
Essence of Cooperative federalism finds its place in most sacrosanct document i.e. Constitution of India. It provides strong centre with working hands of states well provided in Schedule-7. But when it comes to river water governance entire fabric and setup of cooperative federalism finds conflicting notion, which proves to be challenging factor particularly in matter of river water governance. Today world’s most important demanding natural resources is fresh river water which is in state of crisis and shortage due to impact of climate change, so is the condition in India. Today our most of the states and the central government are at loggerhead with respect to issue of trans-state river water sharing. More than 20 rivers in India is meeting with conflicting situation with respect to use of water.Through our constitution provides for special mechanism under Constitution of India Article 262 to deal with the issue of water dispute. But lack of proper mechanism and implementati...