Indus Water Treaty

India seeks changes to Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan: What’s the story behind the Treaty?

India issues formal notice to Pakistan for changes in Indus Water Treaty

The treaty grants India unrestricted access to 33 MAF from the eastern rivers (Sutlej, Beas, Ravi) annually, while Pakistan receives about 135 MAF from the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab)

Indus Water Treaty: Pak delegation in Jammu to inspect two power projects

A Pakistani delegation arrived here on Sunday evening as part of Neutral Expert proceedings to inspect two hydroelectric power projects in Jammu and Kashmir under the Indus Water Treaty, officials said. This is the first visit by a Pakistani delegation to Jammu and Kashmir in more than five years under the dispute settlement mechanism of the 1960 Treaty. India and Pakistan signed the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) after nine years of negotiations, with the World Bank being a signatory of the pact which sets out a mechanism for cooperation and information exchange between the two sides on the use of waters of a number of cross-border rivers. A three-member Pakistan delegation inspected the Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai hydroelectric power projects under the provisions of the IWT for the last time in January 2019, before the ties between the two countries froze following the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The officials said the visiting experts including Pakistanis wil

TMS Ep474: Foxconn-Vedanta split, TRAI on OTT, markets, Indus Water Treaty

Is Foxconn-Vedanta split a setback for India's chip dreams? Why has TRAI changed its stance on OTT regulations? Will sectoral laggards of H1CY23 regain mojo? What is Indus Water Treaty? Answers here

India issues notice to Pak on implementation of Indus Water Treaty: Report

India and Pakistan had signed the IWT in September 1960 after nine-year-long negotiations

India-Pakistan 118th bilateral meeting on Indus Water Treaty begins today

During the meeting, both sides will deliberate on the issue of advance flood information and the annual report of the Permanent Commission of Indus Waters

Indian team to visit Pakistan for annual talks on Indus Waters Treaty

'The annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan between March 1 and 3, 2022'

Needless controversy: Did India really try to violate Indus Waters Treaty?

IWT is one of the world's most successful international water accords that has withstood the test of time and even three full-fledged wars between India and Pakistan

Pak team to visit Chenab basin in J&K next week under Indus Water Treaty

Since signing the treaty, a total of 118 such tours on both the sides have been undertaken by the commission

Indus Waters Treaty: India, Pak hold first talks after Imran joins office

The Indian side is being represented by a delegation of the Indian Water Commission led by Commissioner P K Saxena

India-Pakistan to hold talks on water storage, hydro projects this week

Pakistan has been raising reservations over the designs of the two projects and would like India to either modify it to make them compliant to 1960 Indus Waters Treaty

Pakistan moves World Bank as Indus water talks with India fail

Pakistan disagrees with the Indian interpretation of IWT and has asked the World Bank to set up a court of arbitration

Indus Water Treaty: No agreement yet between India and Pak, says World Bank

Treaty was signed in 1960 after 9 years of negotiations between India, Pakistan with the help of the World Bank, which is also a signatory

How India and Pakistan are competing over the mighty Indus river

The river and its five tributaries which spans four countries and supports 215m people

India, Pakistan to hold talks over Indus water treaty in US

Meeting will be held either by the end of April or beginning of May, according Pakistani media

Survival of Indus Water Treaty appears weak: UN report

Water scarcity in basin states since early 1990s has brought the agreement under strain

Set up CoA to resolve Indo-Pak water disputes: Sharif to World Bank

World Bank had brokered the famous Indus Water Treaty in 1960

IWT: US asks India, Pak to work together to resolve issue

John Kirby adds that the IWT has served, as a model for peaceful cooperation between both the countries

Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan urges World Bank to fulfill its obligation

Earlier, the Bank asked both India, Pak to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements

Govt hails World Bank decision on Indus Water treaty

Jim Yong Kim announced the pause to help India, Pak consider alternative approaches to resolving conflicting interests