(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012: India and The World - Concerns & Challenges in India’s Neighborhood

Concerns & Challenges in India’s neighborhood:

Ques.   How China’s activities affect India?

Ans:

• Maritime presence in Indian ocean

• Support to Pak Nuclear establishment

• Helping Srilanka by civilian and military support.

• Water issues of Brahma Putra river.

• Assertion of Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh.

• Over engaging in the Indian neighbor countries.

• Opposition to India’s participation in EAS, ASEM.

Ques.What are the common issues between India and China?

Ans:

• Global warming

• Doha round of the WTO

Ques.   What are the common interest of China?

Ans:   

• Declaring entire South China season area of come interest.

• Reorganization of Western pacific and the Indian ocean as China’s sphere of influence.

• No US military exercise in the yellow sea region.

Ques.   What India needs to do to tackle Chinese aggression?

Ans:

• Rapid modernization of its armed forces

• Improvement of communications along its borders with China.

• Development of India’s nuclear and missile capabilities.

• Building security architecture with Japan, South Korea, etc.

Ques.   What are the areas covered in composite dialogue process?

Ans:  

• Peace and security

• Confidence building measures

• Economic and commercial co-operation

• Terrorism and drug smuggling

• Cultural ties.

• People to people contacts.

• To address the issues of Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen, Sir creek and construction of wullar barrage in Jammu and Kashmir

• The cease fine along the LOC and International border with J&K.

• Establishment of more secure communication links between the Directors General of Military operations.

• A direct hot line between foreign Secretaries of India.

Ques.   What President Musharrat proposed for the issue of J&K?

Ans:

• J&K should be divided into 7 regions.

• A process of demilitarization in identified regions.

• There should be “self-governance” in J&K

• India and Pakistan should agree for Joint Management of the State.

Ques.   What are the points made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?

Ans:

• Borders can be made in-relevant

• People both side able to more freely and trade with each other.

• Workout co-operative and consultative mechanisms in solving problems of social and economic development of the region.

Ques.   What are the issues faced by PAK?

Ans:   

• Internal radicalization

• Straining relationship with USA

• The incident of “memo gate”

• The radical groups in Afghanistan.

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