Question : NATIONAL WATER DISPUTES TRIBUNAL

(a) whether the Union Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to envolve a sustainable process to address inter-state river water disputes pending for a long time in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof as on date;

(c) if not the reasons therefor;

(d) whether there is any proposal to create a Permanent National Water Disputes Tribunal to resolve the issue of entitlement, provide transparent regulations and to modernize the water economy of the country;

(e) if so, the details thereof and the steps proposed to be taken thereon?

THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES ( SHRI HARISH RAWAT)

(a) to (e) The proposal to set up a standing tribunal for faster adjudication of long pending interstate river water disputes in the country is still at the conceptual stage.