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River water disputes are emerging as a major source of irritation between India and its neighbours. Identify the sources of conflicts and suggest the remedial measures.

  • UPSC 2015
  • 15 marks
  • India and South Asia

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The Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins make the subcontinent one hydrological unit, and its agrarian, hydropower-hungry, fast-urbanising economies draw on the same rivers. India holds a double riparian position: upstream of Pakistan and Bangladesh, downstream of China, Nepal and Bhutan. Every principle it invokes in one basin can be turned against it in another.

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