The Gujral Doctrine refers to the foreign policy adopted by I.K. Gujral during his tenure as India's Minister of External Affairs and later as Prime Minister from 1997-1998. The key aspects of the doctrine were India's policy of unilateral concessions to neighbors in South Asia in order to build strong relationships. This included sharing water from the Ganga with Bangladesh and increasing cooperation with Pakistan. However, critics argued the foreign policy bureaucracy was resistant to shifting away from principles of security and national interests towards friendship and cooperation with neighbors. Nonetheless, subsequent governments have continued Gujral's emphasis on maintaining peaceful relations in India's neighborhood.