India’s Look East Policy:

Question: What are the objectives of LEP?

Answer:

•  To pursue strategic and economic relations with India’s neighbours and near neighbours in Asia.

Question : What are the platform to pursue LEP?

Answer: 

• BINSTEC

• MGC (Mekong-Ganga-Co-Operation)

Question: What are the milestone as of now?

Answer :

• A full dialogue partnership with ASEAN

• India-ASEAN summit mechanism

• Founder membership in the EAS

• FTA in goods.

Question : What are the challenges ahead of Indian diplomacy?

Answer : 

• Lack of transit and transport facility

• Reopening of Stilwell road.

• Indian entry point in Bangladesh and Myanmar.

• Developing North East India.

Question : What needs to be done?

Answer :

• The acute need for co-ordination and syndronization between domestic efforts and external initiatives.

• Terms of connectivity and infrastructure

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