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The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award (2007, modified 2018) allocated water shares among Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry, and its implementation is monitored by the ______ established under the Inter-State Water Disputes Act.

  1. Supreme Court
  2. Cauvery Water Management Authority
  3. Finance Commission
  4. NITI Aayog

Answer: Cauvery Water Management Authority

Cauvery dispute resolution: (a) Tribunal constituted 1990, award 2007 (modified 2018 by SC), (b) Allocation: Tamil Nadu 419 TMC, Karnataka 270 TMC, Kerala 30 TMC, Puducherry 7 TMC, (c) CWMA established 2018 under Inter-State Water Disputes (Amendment) Act to implement award, regulate releases, monitor compliance, (d) Challenges: Political resistance, drought management, data transparency. Illustrates complexity of federal resource sharing: legal awards require political will and institutional mechanisms for implementation.

Topic Federalism - Interstate Water Disputes
Exam Relevance Inter-State resource dispute case study critical for UPSC Mains and State PSC exams
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