Myanmar Others

Trade and Commerce Myanmar provides India with a corridor to South East Asia. But, India Myanmar engagement so far has been based on strategic and security considerations between the two countries. Unlike its other neighbours India doesn’t have proper banking ..

Regional Competition and Cooperation in Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean, the third largest body of water on earth, has been an area of competition between India and China as well as other powers. Importance of Indian Ocean Indian Ocean provides critical sea trade routes that connect the Middle ..

Uyghur Issue and Recent Visa Controversy

Uighur / Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group who live in Eastern and Central Asia. Nowadays, Uyghurs are concentrated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, where they are officially recognized as an ethnic minority. The first use of ..

India Bangladesh Relations: Current Paradigms

It is India who aided Bangladesh to gain independence from Pakistan in 1971. India still shows soft corner while dealing with this small neighbour in its courtyard. However, in the passage of time Bangladesh has gained maturity as a nation ..

Ethnic Conflicts in Myanmar

Myanmar is a multi-ethnic country composed of seven ethnically designated states and regions (with Bamar or Burman majority) referred to in the colonial period as “Frontier” Burma and “Ministerial” Burma. The Burmans (mostly Buddhist), who are 68 per cent of ..

India Bhutan Relations

Even smaller than Nepal in size and population, handicapped by geographical disadvantage and an underdeveloped economy, Bhutan or Druk Yul (Land of thunder dragon) is mostly dependent on India, its southern neighbour, with which it has greater geographical and socio-cultural ..

Other Bilateral Topics Related to India-Nepal

Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility As another gesture of bilateral tie-up Reserve Bank of India announced the launch of the “Indo-Nepal Remittance Scheme” in 2009 for Nepali migrants in India. It is a cross-border remittance scheme to transfer funds from India to ..

India Nepal Hydel Cooperation

Despite of a huge hydropower potential, Nepal is power starved. This is evident from the fact that Nepal is rich in water resources with the potential to generate 83,000 MW of hydro-power, but it currently generates 674 MW of hydro-power ..

India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1950)

India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship was entered into in 1950. Nepal wanted this treaty to not only maintain the special ties that it had with British India but also due to Nepal’s security concerns heightened by the Communist revolution ..

India-China Border Dispute

The border issue between India and China includes Aksai Chin on westernmost side of border and McMahon line / Arunachal Pradesh on easternmost side. Background In 1950, the Survey of India had issued a map of India which showed India’s ..