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HCS (Haryana)Stage 2: Main Written Examination
Haryana: Inter-State Issues, NCR and External Links
What the official syllabus says
HCS Main Written Examination, Paper IV: General Studies-II:
- Related issues of Haryana.
This page applies the paper's federal and international areas to Haryana.
Topics in detail
Chandigarh and territorial issues
- Chandigarh as the shared capital and a Union Territory under Article 239
- Claims of Punjab and Haryana over Chandigarh; the Rajiv–Longowal (Punjab) Accord, 1985
- Hindi-speaking areas and transfer of territory: unresolved questions after 1966
- Haryana's separate High Court and capital demands
River waters
- Ravi–Beas waters: the 1981 agreement and the Eradi Tribunal (1986)
- Satluj–Yamuna Link canal: Supreme Court decrees (2002, 2004), the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 and the Presidential reference answered in 2016
- Bhakra Beas Management Board (under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966): composition and disputes
- Yamuna: the 1994 agreement among the basin States; Upper Yamuna River Board; Hathnikund barrage
- Water supply to Delhi and disputes before the Supreme Court
- Storage projects on the upper Yamuna (Renuka, Lakhwar, Kishau)
- Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 and its use in these disputes
- Western Yamuna Canal and water for south Haryana; Ghaggar floods shared with Punjab
Environment questions across borders
- Air pollution in the NCR: crop-residue burning, vehicles, construction dust, industry
- The Aravallis in south Haryana: mining, the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 and court orders
- Pollution of the Yamuna between Haryana and Delhi
National Capital Region
- National Capital Region Planning Board Act, 1985; the regional plan
- Haryana's districts in the NCR; Gurugram and Faridabad as growth centres
- Co-ordination with Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan: transport, air pollution, water, waste
- Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (2021 Act): stubble burning and industrial pollution
- Rapid rail, expressways (Kundli–Manesar–Palwal), Metro links
Centre–State relations and Haryana
- Haryana's share in central taxes and Finance Commission grants; GST and the State's revenue
- Northern Zonal Council and inter-State issues raised there
- Central schemes implemented in the State and the State's own schemes
- Haryana's large share in the armed forces and central armed police forces
Haryana and the wider world
- Gurugram as a base for multinational companies and global services
- Japanese collaboration in the automobile industry (Gurugram and Manesar)
- Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor in Haryana
- International Solar Alliance headquarters in Gurugram
- Haryanvi diaspora: students and workers abroad; illegal migration routes and their regulation
- Exports from Haryana: automobiles, basmati rice, textiles (Panipat handloom)
SYL canal: timeline
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Centre's notification allocating Ravi–Beas waters between Punjab and Haryana |
| 1981 | Agreement among Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan |
| 1982 | Construction begins at Kapoori (Patiala district) |
| 1985 | Rajiv–Longowal Accord; a tribunal promised |
| 1986 | Eradi Tribunal set up |
| 2002 and 2004 | Supreme Court directs completion of the canal |
| 2004 | Punjab Termination of Agreements Act |
| 2016 | Supreme Court answers the Presidential reference: the 2004 Act is invalid |
Overlaps
Haryana's infrastructure and environment are in General Studies III.