{"id":1529,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/despite-the-differences-between-india-and-pakistan-on-various-upsc-psir-2017-4101\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:33","slug":"despite-the-differences-between-india-and-pakistan-on-various-upsc-psir-2017-4101","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/despite-the-differences-between-india-and-pakistan-on-various-upsc-psir-2017-4101\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDespite the differences between India and Pakistan on various issues, Indus Water Treaty has stood the test of times.\u2019 In the light of this statement, discuss the recent developments over this issue."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R! 1960, World Bank \u2014&gt; basin divided, not shared \u2014 design built to keep water out of politics R2 three wars, standoffs 1987-2019, treaty intact \u2014 durability came from institutional insulation, not goodwill<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">eastern rivers India \/ western rivers Pakistan, ~20% non-consumptive \u2014 Permanent Indus Commission + neutral expert + arbitration insulation from politics \u2014-&gt; Drabu: among the world\u2019s most successful \u2014 survived 1965, 1971, 1999 \u2192 strain both ways: Tulbul objections \/ 80% grievance \/ Article XII lock \u2192 Ranjan: water nationalism, militant pick-up \u2014 Uri 2016 \u201cblood and water\u201d \u2192 2019 threat \u2192 23 April 2025 suspension, Article 62 Vienna Convention<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">leverage limited \u2192 Drabu&#039;s arithmetic: diversion or storage, thirty to fifty years, severe environmental cost \u2014&gt; Yaqoob: treaty a \u201cnon-exit\u201d partnership<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 treaty lasted because water stayed out of politics \u2014 recent turn breaks that insulation R2 suspension short of termination \u2014 Chellaney: renegotiate for changed realities as the steadier route<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1529","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-south-asia","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1529\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}