Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Bihar and Jharkhand signed an agreement to resolve their long-standing 25-year-old dispute over the distribution of Sone River water. The pact divides a total allocation of 7.75 million acre-feet (MAF) between the two states. It settles the sharing of the water allocation originally granted to undivided Bihar under the 1973 Bansagar Agreement. The agreement was finalised following recommendations from a committee constituted by the Central Government under the Central Water Commission (CWC). The dispute had continued since Jharkhand was separated from Bihar in November 2000. The Union Jal Shakti Ministry supervised the agreement.