Claim

Under the Indus Waters Treaty, India gives Pakistan 80.36% of the river waters and keeps only 19.64% for itself.

“हम उन्हें 80.36% पानी दे रहे हैं और केवल 19.64% पानी अपने पास रख रहे हैं”

Rationale

The 80.36%/19.64% split matches the standard calculation from the treaty's river allocations: eastern rivers given to India carry about 33 MAF and western rivers given to Pakistan about 135 MAF of a roughly 168 MAF total, i.e., 19.64% and 80.36%. This ~80/20 division is corroborated by encyclopedic and primary sources and is widely cited, including by Indian officials. Minor caveats — the treaty allocates rivers rather than a percentage, flow estimates vary slightly by source, and India retains limited non-consumptive uses of the western rivers — do not make the stated figures inaccurate.

Evidence

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty Under the 1960 treaty, the three eastern rivers allocated to India carry a mean annual flow of ~33 million acre-feet (MAF) while the three western rivers allocated to Pakistan carry ~135 MAF; 33/168 = 19.64% and 135/168 = 80.36%, exactly matching the claimed figures. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Indus-Waters-Treaty Confirms the treaty gave Pakistan the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) and India the eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej), with India receiving roughly 20% of total basin waters and Pakistan roughly 80%. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
• https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTs/Volume%20419/volume-419-I-6032-English.pdf Primary source: the Indus Waters Treaty text showing the treaty allocates rivers (eastern to India, western to Pakistan) rather than a stated percentage; the percentage derives from mean annual flow volumes. ✓ reachable · archived