Abstract

India, is the foundation of one of the biggest democracies in the world and is a union of states. There is one powerful union government that oversees 28 states and 8 union territories. This government is vested with authority by the Indian Constitution. The Indian Constitution is a federal document because it created a dual polity, with the Union at the center and the States at the periphery, each with sovereign powers to be used in the areas that the respective constitutions designate. River waters are considering as an important source of development of any nation because hydro water helps in producing electricity. Water is also useful for carrying out our agriculture, manufacturing and many more and we all know India is an agrarian economy and definitely disputes related to river water is very normal that they arose between the states regularly, but important is to find out whether the union government is able to perform his task that his assign by this great freedom of charter as a guardian of states. This article examines the constitutional status of ‘water’ as a subject, and why there is frequently dispute arising between the states on interstate river water. This also examines the role of central government in resolving interstate river dispute in light of various historical interstate river disputes in India. There is a critical analysis of the role of central government in resolving interstate river water dispute as a dispute resolving mediator. The central aim of this research article is to explore whether the role played by central government in resolving the dispute related to interstate river dispute is sufficient or anything needs more to be done in light of intentions of our constitutional makers’ intention behind enacting this federal structure of our constitution.

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