Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 5th May, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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Off course
A way out of the pandemic
A grain stockist with a role still relevant
Kashmir Encounter
The pandemic isn’t changing everything
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Off course
A way out of the pandemic
A grain stockist with a role still relevant
Kashmir Encounter
The pandemic isn’t changing everything
Off course
?The Cauvery is a perennial source of controversies.
? Cent re’ s April 24 notification bringing the Cauvery Water
Management Authority under the administrative control of the
Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
?Several political parties, especially the Opposition, and some
farmers’ associations were upset with the notification on the
ground that the move has reduced the Authority to a “puppet ”
of the Centre.
?They point out that the CWMA was created on the direction of
the Supreme Court in February 2018.
?Such an argument is weak, as the CWMA, a body corporate,
has been working all along under the Ministry.
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Off course
A way out of the pandemic
A grain stockist with a role still relevant
Kashmir Encounter
The pandemic isn’t changing everything
Off course
?The Cauvery is a perennial source of controversies.
? Cent re’ s April 24 notification bringing the Cauvery Water
Management Authority under the administrative control of the
Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
?Several political parties, especially the Opposition, and some
farmers’ associations were upset with the notification on the
ground that the move has reduced the Authority to a “puppet ”
of the Centre.
?They point out that the CWMA was created on the direction of
the Supreme Court in February 2018.
?Such an argument is weak, as the CWMA, a body corporate,
has been working all along under the Ministry.
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Off course
A way out of the pandemic
A grain stockist with a role still relevant
Kashmir Encounter
The pandemic isn’t changing everything
Off course
?The Cauvery is a perennial source of controversies.
? Cent re’ s April 24 notification bringing the Cauvery Water
Management Authority under the administrative control of the
Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
?Several political parties, especially the Opposition, and some
farmers’ associations were upset with the notification on the
ground that the move has reduced the Authority to a “puppet ”
of the Centre.
?They point out that the CWMA was created on the direction of
the Supreme Court in February 2018.
?Such an argument is weak, as the CWMA, a body corporate,
has been working all along under the Ministry.
?Even in the case of its predecessor, the Cauvery River Authority
(1998-2013) with the Prime Minister as the Chairman and Chief
Ministers of the basin States as Members, the Union Ministry of Water
Resources had administrative control.
?Besides, there are eight inter-State river water boards under the
Jal Shakti Ministry.
?Apart from meeting the procedural requirement, the notification
does not, in any way, alter the character, functions or powers of
the CWMA that form part of a scheme drawn up a few years ago, and
which was approved by the Supreme Court.
?Even two years after its formation, the Authority does not have a
full-fledged chairman.
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Off course
A way out of the pandemic
A grain stockist with a role still relevant
Kashmir Encounter
The pandemic isn’t changing everything
Off course
?The Cauvery is a perennial source of controversies.
? Cent re’ s April 24 notification bringing the Cauvery Water
Management Authority under the administrative control of the
Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
?Several political parties, especially the Opposition, and some
farmers’ associations were upset with the notification on the
ground that the move has reduced the Authority to a “puppet ”
of the Centre.
?They point out that the CWMA was created on the direction of
the Supreme Court in February 2018.
?Such an argument is weak, as the CWMA, a body corporate,
has been working all along under the Ministry.
?Even in the case of its predecessor, the Cauvery River Authority
(1998-2013) with the Prime Minister as the Chairman and Chief
Ministers of the basin States as Members, the Union Ministry of Water
Resources had administrative control.
?Besides, there are eight inter-State river water boards under the
Jal Shakti Ministry.
?Apart from meeting the procedural requirement, the notification
does not, in any way, alter the character, functions or powers of
the CWMA that form part of a scheme drawn up a few years ago, and
which was approved by the Supreme Court.
?Even two years after its formation, the Authority does not have a
full-fledged chairman.
A way out of the pandemic
?India in particular is in a catch-22 situation.
?The infection curve has n’t really flattened.
?So if the lockdown, without an alternative, is
prematurely withdrawn, India stares at a potential
health crisis.
?And if the lockdown continues in its current form, it is
looking at an economic crisis as well as a food crisis.
?Can the global economy be kick-started while keeping
the health crisis under reasonable control?