Context:
Tamil Nadu government raised the issue to Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) about the deficit in its share of water received from Karnataka.
About CWMA:
- SC directed the Central Government to frame a scheme under section 6A of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
- Purpose – To implement the water-sharing award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal.
- Head Quarters: New Delhi
- Composition –
- Chairman (Tenure of 5 years) + 8 members
- The salary of the chairman and others in the authority is divided among the basin states—40% each for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and 15% for Kerala and 5% for Puducherry.
Source: The Hindu
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