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Discuss the steps required to realise ‘hydro-co-operation’ between India and Bangladesh.

  • UPSC 2022
  • 10 marks
  • India and South Asia

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India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers, India is upstream on every one, and only the Ganga carries a full sharing treaty (the Feni and Kushiyara have withdrawal arrangements). Claudia W. Sadoff and David Grey (2002) argued that riparians cooperate best when they move from dividing water to sharing the benefits it creates. Five sets of…

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  • 1. Close the pending allocations
  • 2. Build trust through data and institutions
  • 3. Settle India's federal side first
  • 4. Plan at basin scale and share benefits
  • 5. Present a joint position upstream
  • Conclusion
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