Which one of the following projects got a ruling in India’s favour in February 2013 by the Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration:

The correct answer is B) Kishanganga Hydel Project. In February 2013, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague issued an interim award in the Indus Waters dispute with Pakistan. It held that India could go ahead with building the 330 MW Kishenganga project on the Jhelum (Neelum in Pakistan) tributary, but it had to maintain a minimum environmental flow downstream. Pakistan had argued that the diversion would cut its water supply, and the award was read as a substantial win for India.

• A) Baglihar: This was examined by a Neutral Expert under the Indus Waters Treaty (Michel Lino, 2007), not by the Hague court, and the ruling was largely in India's favour on a different issue, the design of spillways and gates.
• C) Sawalkote: This is a Chenab project that has not been the subject of a PCA award in this dispute.
• D) Salal: This is an older Chenab project. It was not the subject of the 2013 Hague ruling.

The core concept is the Indus Waters Treaty, 1960, and how disputes are resolved through the Neutral Expert route or Court of Arbitration. This is a standard Mains topic on water sharing and India-Pakistan relations. Note that the final award came in December 2013 and was more nuanced, and the project was commissioned in 2018.

Trap: Candidates often pick Baglihar because it is the best-known Indus dispute. Remember which forum decided which case.