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(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012: India and The World - India’s Look East Policy
India & The World
India’s Look East Policy:
Question: What are the objectives of LEP?
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To pursue strategic and economic relations with India’s neighbours and near neighbours in Asia.
Question : What are the platform to pursue LEP?
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BINSTEC
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MGC (Mekong-Ganga-Co-Operation)
Question: What are the milestone as of now?
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A full dialogue partnership with ASEAN
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India-ASEAN summit mechanism
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Founder membership in the EAS
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FTA in goods.
Question : What are the challenges ahead of Indian diplomacy?
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Lack of transit and transport facility
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Reopening of Stilwell road.
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Indian entry point in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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Developing North East India.
Question : What needs to be done?
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The acute need for co-ordination and syndronization between domestic efforts and external initiatives.
- Terms of connectivity and infrastructure