India is set to participate in the meeting of Permanent Indus Commission, scheduled to be held in Lahore in March. Pakistan forwarded the invitation to India to resolve the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), sources say. The Permanent Indus Commission is a bilateral commission of officials from India and Pakistan, created to implement and manage goals of the Indus Waters Treaty. World Bank had earlier asked both the countries to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements over the Indus Water Treaty Dispute 1960. As per the provisions in the treaty, India can use only 20 percent of the total water carried by the Indus River.

Source: Hindustan Times March 03, 2017 05:48 UTC