Water Resources Management: Comparative of Law Indonesia and India

Abstract

In Indonesia philosophically the existence of Article 33 Paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the incarnation of the Five Principles of Pancasila is justice for all Indonesian people, where water as one of the national wealth which is the needs of the people controlled by the state in the framework of providing justice and prosperity For all the people of Indonesia, whereas in India water resources arrangements are still formed from different components, including international treaties, federal and state rules as well as customary law. The national water law arrangements in India are more developed than the international water law, but India does not have comprehensive water management. The existing water law framework in India is characterized by the existence of a number of different principles, rules and actions adopted over the decades of colonial law. This includes the principles of general law and irrigation provisions of the colonial period.

Keywords: water rights, justice and prosperity, principles of common law.