Responding to a query by a Parliamentary panel on India having only resident Missions in 48 countries out of 193 UN member nations, the Centre on Tuesday said the Cabinet has approved the opening of new Consulates in Maldives, Lithuania.
India s Act East policy takes wings with focus on water connectivity with neighbours
Wed, Feb 10 2021 09:04:23 PM
By Ateet Sharma
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS): With the Narendra Modi government keen to develop the waterway connectivity with its neighbours, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh are working together to strengthen waterways as the mode of intra-regional transport. The push will not only boost trade activity between the South Asian countries but also open doors to the geostrategic Southeast Asian waters.
The move is a further amplification of India s Act East Policy, which focuses on New Delhi s outreach towards its eastern maritime neighbours, especially the 10 nation ASEAN and island territories with a large Indian diaspora.