Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with its neighbouring countries but will also play an important role in the Great Asian Highway. The Imphal-Moreh project corridor is also a part of Asian Highway 1 and will also strengthen India’s position at the global level as we are attempting to connect with our neighbours and fulfilling our commitments made at the international level,” said a senior Indian government official, requesting anonymity. Development of multi-modal connectivity between North Eastern region of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar has the potential of unleashing tremendous economic energy in the sub-region,” the Indian government said in a 1 April statement.

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Express routes: India’s railway connectivity with South Asia
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Express routes: India’s railway connectivity with South Asia

Hindustan Times  

Despite strong political, economic, and geostrategic motivations for cross-border railway connectivity, India’s progress in establishing a robust and thriving rail network with its neighbours has not progressed enough. This paper addresses a critical question in India’s connectivity efforts: Despite the political, economic, and geostrategic incentives driving New Delhi’s cross-border railway initiatives, why has India struggled to sustain momentum in this …

Myanmar instability hits two crucial India-funded infrastructure projects
11 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar instability hits two crucial India-funded infrastructure projects

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The growing instability and violence in Myanmar have affected key infrastructure projects such as the 1,360-km India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway and are set to delay a motor vehicles agreement, people familiar with the matter have said. The progress in implementing key infrastructure projects has suffered because of the prevailing security situation in Myanmar The intense fighting between Myanmar’s junta …

Belt and Road Initiative | Silk Roads at a crossroads
1 year, 5 months ago

Belt and Road Initiative | Silk Roads at a crossroads

The Hindu  

On October 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping will host more than a dozen world leaders in Beijing, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, for the third Belt and Road Forum, which will mark the 10 year anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. zero tolerance for corruption, and promotes steady and high-quality growth.” The BRI was launched by Mr. Xi in …

DC Edit | All roads to the world lead from Modi's India
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | All roads to the world lead from Modi's India

Deccan Chronicle  

Given the year-long hype and perception build up ahead of the recently concluded Group of 20 meeting and a host of leaders who arrived in New Delhi, it was no surprise the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, United States President Joe Biden and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud shaking hands caught the world’s attention. During …

SCO summit: India opposes China's Belt and Road Initiative
1 year, 8 months ago

SCO summit: India opposes China's Belt and Road Initiative

Op India  

India has declined to ratify the paragraph endorsing the Belt and Roads Initiative, a favourite project of Chinese President Xi Jinping, in the New Delhi declaration issued at the conclusion of the leaders’ summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. “Reaffirming their support for China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ initiative, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Russian …

Sri Lanka, Pakistan Show China is Strangulating Even Its Friends With BRI & CPEC. Are Others Listening?
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka, Pakistan Show China is Strangulating Even Its Friends With BRI & CPEC. Are Others Listening?

News 18  

China launched the world-wide Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, the very year when its current president Xi Jinping assumed power. The project connects more than 70 per cent of energy resources, touches almost half of the world population directly or indirectly and shortens multiple connectivities substantially, one such example being the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Ports will be also …

INSTC explained: Why India and Russia are backing this 7200-km transport route to the hilt
2 years, 8 months ago

INSTC explained: Why India and Russia are backing this 7200-km transport route to the hilt

Firstpost  

The project aims to reduce carriage costs between India and Russia by around 30 per cent and bring down the transit time by more than half from the existing 40 days. New Delhi is also positioning INSTC as a viable and fairer alternative to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative An India-bound Russian cargo sent by train using the ambitious International …

Explained | What is the status of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia?
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | What is the status of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia?

The Hindu  

The story so far: At the recently concluded summit of G7 leaders in Germany, United States President Joe Biden and his allies unveiled their $600-billion plan called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment to build infrastructure projects in developing and middle-income countries. The progress of BRI in South Asia Pakistan On his 2015 visit to Pakistan, Mr. Jinping and …

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders
3 years ago

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders

News 18  

While cross-border terrorism and crimes remain major concerns, by 2023 the Narendra Modi-led Centre will have spent close to Rs 7,000 crore since 2020 to transform the infrastructure at and manage five key borders. In 2020, the central government approved the construction of 32 India-China Border Roads -II, measuring 683.12 km, at an estimated cost of Rs 12,434.90 crore. Similarly, …

Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor no longer listed under BRI umbrella
5 years, 10 months ago

Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor no longer listed under BRI umbrella

The Hindu  

India’s decision to skip the Belt and Road Forum may have led to the exclusion of the Bangladesh- China- India- Myanmar Economic corridor from the list of projects covered by the China-led Belt and Road Initiative umbrella. In an annex tagged with the Joint Communiqué of the Leaders' Roundtable of the BRF, which concluded in Beijing on Saturday, the Chinese …

Govt to construct 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border. Here's why
6 years, 2 months ago

Govt to construct 44 'strategically important' roads along India-China border. Here's why

India TV News  

The government is all set to construct 44 strategically important roads along the India-China border, a CPWD document has shown. The agency has been asked to construct 44 "strategically important" roads along the India-China border to ensure quick mobilisation of troops in case of a conflict. "The CPWD has been entrusted with construction of 44 strategically important roads along the …

‘India needs to match China’s road infrastructure along border,’ says Parliamentary panel
6 years, 3 months ago

‘India needs to match China’s road infrastructure along border,’ says Parliamentary panel

Hindustan Times  

The Border Roads Organisation “needs a thorough overhaul” as part of measures to improve roads and infrastructure along the disputed border with China, a parliamentary standing committee has said. In its report on India-China ties, Parliament’s standing committee on external affairs referred to “inadequate infrastructure including roads” along the border and said there is a “distinct feeling that BRO as …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?
7 years, 8 months ago

Is SASEC road project India’s answer to China’s OBOR?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is pulling out all stops to expedite the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation road connectivity program in the backdrop of China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” initiative aimed at connecting around 60 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Once completed, the project being developed with Asian Development Bank’s loan assistance will not only help India connect with …

Union Cabinet approves upgradation of road linking Manipur with Myanmar
7 years, 8 months ago

Union Cabinet approves upgradation of road linking Manipur with Myanmar

India TV News  

In a move that will further boost Northeast's road connectivity with south and southeast Asia, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved upgradation of a 65-km-long stretch of a National Highway in Manipur that connects state capital Imphal with the Myanmar border. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told reporters here that NH-39 from Imphal to Moreh near the Myanmar …

Cabinet approves Rs 1,630 crore upgrade of highway linking Manipur with Myanmar
7 years, 8 months ago

Cabinet approves Rs 1,630 crore upgrade of highway linking Manipur with Myanmar

Firstpost  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved upgradation of a 65-km-long National Highway in Manipur to boost the state’s connectivity with south and southeast Asia via Myanmar. New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved upgrade of a 65-km-long National Highway in Manipur to boost the state’s connectivity with south and southeast Asia via Myanmar. Road transport and highways minister Nitin …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi steps up efforts to improve road links to Dhaka, Kathmandu

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With an eye on China, India is working on a slew of road and bridge projects to improve connectivity with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. With India stepping up efforts to accelerate development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier in the backdrop of Chinese troops making repeated incursions into Indian territory, these projects will help India project its strategic …

India to take up road and highway projects abroad: Minister Nitin Gadkari
7 years, 9 months ago

India to take up road and highway projects abroad: Minister Nitin Gadkari

The Hindu  

The government is planning to launch a dedicated international subsidiary of the National Highways Authority of India to take up road and highway projects abroad, particularly in South Asia. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said his ministry was considering a proposal to launch “NHAI International” for undertaking roads and highway construction projects abroad. Sri Lanka has already agreed to allot …

The Chinese way or highway
7 years, 10 months ago

The Chinese way or highway

Deccan Chronicle  

The Chinese are playing their One Belt One Road move, a massive once-in-a-lifetime geopolitical lunge in multiple domains, as a benign attempt at infrastructure-building and economic connectivity. Among most SAARC countries, it is not just capital and finance that move, but also labour and culture, and there are no inimical distances and harsh terrains to traverse, as in the OBOR …

India must boycott China’s One Belt One Road summit in Beijing: Here's why
7 years, 10 months ago

India must boycott China’s One Belt One Road summit in Beijing: Here's why

Firstpost  

China is doing something as audacious as this by inviting India to the Belt and Road Forum summit in Beijing on 14-15 May. This corridor is part of China’s One Belt One Road initiative, a pet global infrastructure dream of president Xi Jinping that takes in its sweep Asia, Africa and Europe. Leaders of 29 countries, including Russian President Vladimir …

India using Kashmir as an ‘excuse’ to oppose Silk Road project, says Chinese media
7 years, 11 months ago

India using Kashmir as an ‘excuse’ to oppose Silk Road project, says Chinese media

India TV News  

The state-run Chinese media today alleged that India was using the Kashmir issue as an "unfounded excuse" to oppose China’s ambitious Silk Road project. Asking India to stop looking at China’s Silk Road initiative as a geopolitical competition, an article in the state-run Global Times said that New Delhi should "abandon" its "cliched mentality". "India sees the Belt and Road …

Bhutan blocks India’s ambitious sub-regional road connectivity plan
8 years, 4 months ago

Bhutan blocks India’s ambitious sub-regional road connectivity plan

Hindustan Times  

An ambitious road connectivity plan involving Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal --- an initiative pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to boost trade --- has hit a roadblock with the upper house of Bhutan parliament deciding against ratifying the motor vehicle pact on Wednesday. This is the second time that the Indian government’s sub-regional road connectivity plan has hit a …

A road to the border
8 years, 11 months ago

A road to the border

Deccan Chronicle  

In India, for any editor, there is a hierarchy in the news; I presume that the same is true the world over. The same report says: “The persistent efforts of BRO engineers have finally changed the scenario.” The road comes under Project Arunank, run by the Indian Army in five districts of Arunachal Pradesh. In October 2014, The Deccan Chronicle …

Scuttling Road Grid, Pak Can't Hold South Asia's Future Hostage to India Paranoia
9 years ago

Scuttling Road Grid, Pak Can't Hold South Asia's Future Hostage to India Paranoia

New Indian Express  

It’s déjà vu all over again. Just ahead of the foreign ministers’ meet of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation nations this week, Pakistan backtracked from its support for trans-South Asian road connectivity project. Suggesting that it needed more time to consider the implications of the project, Pakistan has managed to scuttle a pact that would have allowed free movement …

Nepal eyes South Asia's development through China's Belt and Road Initiative
9 years ago

Nepal eyes South Asia's development through China's Belt and Road Initiative

China Daily  

KATHMANDU - Nepal has regarded China's Belt and Road Initiative as a milestone to turn promising South Asia into a developed region in the world. Addressing a seminar on "South Asia China Cooperation under One Belt One Road Initiative" held here on Thursday, Nepal spoke highly of the Chinese initiative which will create immense economic opportunities for the region. "China's …

India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan agree to discuss rail project
9 years, 2 months ago

India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan agree to discuss rail project

India TV News  

Dhaka: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed to begin discussions on the possibility of having a rail network connecting the four SAARC countries to improve connectivity and regional trade. The discussions were held during the two-day third Joint Working Group meetings on Sub-Regional Cooperation on Water Resources Management and Power/Hydropower and on Connectivity and Transit that ended here yesterday. …

China dismisses India’s apprehensions on Silk Road projects
9 years, 6 months ago

China dismisses India’s apprehensions on Silk Road projects

The Hindu  

China on Tuesday dismissed any apprehensions in India on its ambitious multi-billion dollar Silk Road projects stretching across continents to build infrastructure and improve connectivity with the avowed aim of expansion of trade and development. It also sought to assure India that there are benefits for countries joining the projects envisaged under the One Belt and One Road unveiled by …

Charting a new Asian history
9 years, 6 months ago

Charting a new Asian history

The Hindu  

All history is geographically located and influenced. India also has been evolving its own regional cooperation initiatives such as ‘Mausam’ and the ‘Spice ‘Route’ in the Indian Ocean region and beyond, although these are nowhere as comprehensively projected, nor backed with requisite investments yet, as China is doing in the case of its ‘One Belt One Road’ vision. Be it …

Why India needs to be wary of China's ambitious belt and road initiative
9 years, 9 months ago

Why India needs to be wary of China's ambitious belt and road initiative

Firstpost  

After the first International Yoga Day fanfare subsides and Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares himself for international diplomacy at the highest level After the first International Yoga Day fanfare subsides and Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares himself for international diplomacy at the highest level next month in Russia where he is scheduled to attend BRICS summit, and possibly SCO summit …

Govt plans to connect border areas with 5,000 road network-IndiaTV News
9 years, 10 months ago

Govt plans to connect border areas with 5,000 road network-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Govt plans 5000km long road network 'Bharat Mala' to connect borders New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has proposed to build a 5,000 kilometres of road network along the border and coastal areas under a scheme named ‘Bharat Mala'. The proposal is a move to New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has proposed to build a 5,000 kilometres …

China invites India to join its ambitious Silk Road projects
10 years, 7 months ago

China invites India to join its ambitious Silk Road projects

India TV News  

Xian : Giving final touches to its most ambitious plan to build a wide network of new silk roads on land and seas to enhance global connectivity, China has invited India to join President Xi Jinping's pet project that would revive the ancient trade route and benefit the region. For more than 2,000 years India had very good exchanges with …

Highway to East Asia
11 years, 9 months ago

Highway to East Asia

The Hindu  

As important as the new bilateral treaty on extradition with Thailand, the progress made in finalising the trilateral highway through Myanmar marks an important milestone in India’s relations with its eastern neighbours. A longish list of wanted men is already with Thailand, and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has promised to expedite the process of extraditing those wanted in India, including …

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