Foreign Relations India

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Anjali Mirchandani
Preetam Das
Sandeep Chandra D R
Shadab Khan
Surbhi Gupta

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Foreign Relations in a nutshell

Promoted a strong personal role for the Prime Minister but a weak institutional structure. Nehru
served concurrently as Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs; he made all major foreign
policy decisions himself after consulting with his advisers and then entrusted the conduct of
international affairs to senior members of the Indian Foreign Service
By the 1970s, the Office of the Prime Minister had become the de facto coordinator and
supraministry of the Indian government. The enhanced role of the office strengthened the
prime minister's control over foreign policy making at the expense of the Ministry of External
Affairs
Even before independence, the Government ofBritish Indiamaintained semi-autonomous diplomatic relations
After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, it soon joined theCommonwealth of Nationsand
strongly supported independence movements in other colonies, like theIndonesian National Revolution
During theCold War, India adopted a foreign policy ofnot aligningitself with any majorpower bloc. However, India
developed closeties with the Soviet Union and received extensive military support from it
The end of the Cold War significantly affected India's foreign policy, as it did for much of the world. India now seeks to
strengthen its diplomatic and economic ties with the United States,the People's Republic of China,theEuropean
Union,Japan,Israel,Mexico,and Brazil.India has also forged close ties with the member states of theAssociation of
Southeast Asian Nations,theAfrican Union,theArab Leagueand Iran
Though India continues to have a military relationship with Russia,Israel has emerged as India's second largest military
partnerwhile India has built a strong strategic partnership with the United States.Theforeign policy of Narendra
Modiindicated a shift towards focusing on the Asian region and, more broadly, trade deals.

The Modi Doctrine

The Team

India's growing economy, strategic location, friendly foreign policy andlarge and
vibrant diasporahasPrime
won it
more allies than enemies
Minister
India has friendly relations with several countries in thedeveloping world
Though India is not a part of any major military alliance, it has close strategic and
military relationship with most of the fellow major powers

Sushma Swaraj

Gen. V K Singh

Minister of State for

External Affairs Minister
External Affairs

Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar

Ajit Doval

Foreign Secretary National Security Advisor

Policy initiatives

Act East policy

Transition
from
Look
East to Act East
India would focus more
and more on improving
relations

Para Diplomacy
One of the innovative idea of
Modi govt is the introduction of
elements ofpara diplomacyin
Indias foreign policy where
each states and cities would be
encouraged to forge special
relation with countries or
federal
states
of
another
country or even cities of their

Neighbourhood first policy

Inviting all heads of state/heads of
government of South Asian countries
in his inauguration and on the second
day on office he held bilateral talks
with all of them individually

Project Mausam
On the back of growing Chinese
naval activity in the Indian ocean
region,which India considers its
area of supremacy, the Modi
administration
have
introducedProject Mausam

Indian Ocean outreach

India's nautical backyard, steadily
turning into a hotspot thanks to
growing Chinese strategic presence
over
the
region's
numerous
strategically located archipelagos

Fast-track Diplomacy
Since taking office the External Affairs
Minister, Sushma Swaraj held roundtable meeting with all Indian heads of
missions to the SAARC region, ASEAN
region and Middle East separately as a
follow up measure to carry forward the
leads gained by high profile visits and
exchanges.

Asia and Africa

Despite growing economic and

strategic ties, there are several
hurdles for India and the PRC to
overcome in order to establish
favourable relations

The two countries have failed to

resolve their long-standing border
dispute

Relations between India and Nepal

are close yet fraught with
difficulties stemming from border
disputes, geography, economics,
the problems inherent in big powersmall power relations, and common
ethnic and linguistic identities that
overlap the two countries' borders

Way Ahead

The major challenge confronting

India-China relations has been to
build mutual trust and confidence
Heavy trade imbalance in favor of
China
India, China to Discuss Lakhvi Issue
and Cooperation on
Counterterrorism
Focus of Sino-Indian relations
shifting from high politics issues
to low politics ones

Way is
Ahead
India
the largest regional investor
in Afghanistan, having committed
more
than
US$2.2
billion
for
reconstruction purposes

Dam built by Tata Power will greatly

develop the Bhutanese economy by
providing
employment,
and
by
selling electricity to India and
fulfilling India's burgeoning energy
needs. Due to this dam Bhutan's
economy grew 20%, the second

The Americas

India signed variousMoUslike in

areas of cyber security, skill
development, cooperation in the
railways and civil aviation front with
Canada
Modis visit was the first bilateral
visit to that country by anIndian
Prime Ministerin 42 years
President Rousseff emphasized the
special place this relationship
India made
nuclear
dealpolicy,
with the
enjoyed
in Brazil's
foreign
Way Ahead
Canadas
biggest
producer
of
because
of the
potential
for
uranium,Cameco,
bilateral
cooperationsigned
and thea $280
million, five-year
deal of
totheir
supply
international
significance
uranium to fuel Indian nuclear
partnership
reactorsThe
long-term
deal
announced later that Cameco will
sell 7.1 million pounds of uranium to
India, through 2020
diversify trade and investment flows
and
deepen
cooperation
in
agriculture
and
dairy
science,
conventional and renewable energy,
space research and applications,
defence,
cyber
security
and

"India and the United States are

bound together, by history and
culture Modi

President Obama greeted Modi by

calling him a "Man of Action

President Obama was the first US

President to visit India twice in
office and the two leaders now
scheduled to hold back to back
summits within six months

India is perceived byAmericansas

their 6th favorite nation in the
world, with 71% of Americans
viewing
India favorably in 2015
Way Ahead
Affairs
survey,
(Gallups
The twoWorld
leaders
also
agreed to
2015)
develop a roadmap that leverages
our respective efforts to increase
ties among Asian powers, enabling
both our nations to better respond
to
the
emerging
diplomatic,
economic and security challenges in
the region

Europe and Eurasia

Modi discussed bilateral issues

including strategic space and
defense collaboration
Expressed solidarity with the
people of France besides
condemning the act of terror
Clenched a government to
government deal for 36Dassault
Rafalefighter aircraft in fly-away
condition
David Cameron said improving
relations with India in the "top
priority" of UK foreign policy
Modi made strongest pitch for
theMake in Indiainitiative in
Hannover fair, Germany
There were announcements of
strengthened cooperation in sectors
Way Ahead
like energy, skill development,
science
Airbus& committed
to increase
technology and
the Modi its
outsourcing from
India like
from
current
governments
initiatives
Digital
level of US$ 400
IndiaandClean
Indiamillion to US$ 2
billion by 2020
Ind-France negotiating setting-up of
a 9900 MWnuclear power plant in
Jaitapurby the French firmAreva

India's long term strategic ally for

more that half a century but relations
strained post cold war, India
diversified its defense purchases
Ind-Russia
Way Aheadhave set a target of
US$30 billion of bilateral trade by
2025
with
equal
amount
of
investment in each other's economy
Joint feasibility study of building gas
pipeline through China
The annual commission meeting
have
identified
new
areas
of
cooperation including prioritising
the
International
North
South
Corridor
Project
(INSTC),
start
negotiating
on
a
Free
Trade
Agreement between India and the
Euresian customs union, focusing on
enhancing economic partnership in
areas like energy, civil aviation and
diamond trade along with Russian
participation in Modi's smart city
project
Modi has assured Russia of a long
term defence relation

Salient Features of FTP 2015-20 to promote exports

FTP 2015-20 introduces two new schemes, namely "Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)" and
"Services Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)

FTP benefits from both MEIS & SEIS will be extended to units located in SEZs

Agricultural and village industry products to be supported across the globe at rates of 3% and 5% under
MEIS. Higher level of support to be provided to processed and packaged agricultural and food items under
MEIS

Industrial products to be supported in major markets at rates ranging from 2% to 3%

Branding campaigns planned to promote exports in sectors where India has traditional Strength

SEIS shall apply to 'Service Providers located in India' instead of 'Indian Service Providers

Business services, hotel and restaurants to get rewards scrips under SEIS at 3% and other specified
services at 5%

Duty credit scrips to be freely transferable and usable for payment of customs duty, excise duty and service
tax

Reduced Export Obligation (EO) (75%) for domestic procurement under EPCG scheme

No need to repeatedly submit physical copies of documents available on Exporter Importer Profile

Calicut Airport, Kerala and Arakonam ICDS, Tamil Nadu notified as registered ports for import and export

Thank
You