Annual meeting of Permanent Indus Commission between India, Pak due, says Indus Commissioner

Under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, all the waters of the eastern rivers — the Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi — amounting to around 33 MAF annually is allocated to India for unrestricted use. Photo: Special Arrangement

The annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission between India and Pakistan is due, but no schedule has been finalised as of now, India’s Indus Commissioner P.K. Saxena said on Wednesday.

Mr. Saxena was reacting to a Pakistani media report that a delegation, headed by the Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters, is set to visit Pakistan in March to attend the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission.