Mains Answer Writing - 4 Sept, 2026

GS2

Indian Polity

15 marks

The recent Bihar–Jharkhand agreement on sharing the Sone River waters demonstrates the potential of negotiated mechanisms in resolving inter-State water disputes. Examine the challenges associated with inter-State river water governance in India and suggest measures for their cooperative resolution.

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Tips for your answer

Use the Sone agreement to show why negotiated federalism can complement legal mechanisms in resolving water disputes.
Article 262, Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 and the Sone agreement are sufficient anchors.
Avoid turning the answer into a description of the Sone dispute; use it as a case study of cooperative water governance.

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