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INDIAN FOREIGN
POLICY
AIM
To Acquaint the Audience
with the Foreign Policy of
India.
• Part-I : Intro
• Part-II : Various Amdts in Policy
• Part-III : Relation with Neighboring
Countries
• Part-IV : Conclusion
INTRO
• Definition- “Strategies to safeguard National Interests and to
achieve goals”
• Obj of Foreign Policy
 To Promote and protect the Nation’s Interests
 Minimize adverse effects
 Change or Regulate Behaviour of other states
 Coop / Co-existence
Factors affecting the
Foreign Policy
• Framework of India’s Foreign Policy
 Panchsheel
 Non-alignment
 Pragmatism and Pursuit of National
Interest
 Promotion of World Peace
 Decolonization of Asia and Africa
Evolution of Foreign Policy
• Protection of Unity and Integrity of a Country
• National Devp
• Defend Interests of its Citizens
 Within borders
 Beyond the borders
• Protect and Promotion of Economic Progress
• Indo-Soviet Friendship
• Promotion of Regional Coop
• Indo-Soviet Friendship
PART-II : VARIOUS AMDTs IN FOREIGN
POLICY
• More or Less Same
 Ultimate Goal Remained Unchanged
 Relevance of Non Alignment
 Promotion of World Peace
• Additions
 Terrorism Control
 Nuclear Disarmament
 Global Warming
 Economic Policy
 Soviet Union Demise
 United Nations
 Extended Def Coop
PART-III : RELATION WITH
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
Relation with China
• Not Cordial
 Boundary disputes
 Sp to Pak
 Sino Indian war : 1962
 Economic Interests
• Relations Improved
 Recog Tibet as part of China
 Trade
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Relation with China
• Changed Chinese Perception due to
 Containing Terrorism
 India as Nuclear Weapons State
 8% Annual Growth Rate
 India’s International Influence
 India’s Regional Super Power
 Nuclear Energy
 Indo-US Relations
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Relation with Pakistan
• Not Cordial
 Border issues
 Water Sharing
 Indian Adm on Kashmir
 Terrorism
• Devp
 Trade
• Incr People to People Interaction
Relation with Sri Lanka
• Cordial Relations
• Irritants
 Permission to the US for naval base
 Arrests and killing of Indian fishermen
• Devp
 Infrastructural devp
 Trg in India
 Constr of Trg Facilities in Sri Lanka
 Trade
Relation with Bangladesh
• On different footing
 Infilt
 Distr of Water
 Constr of Barbed wire on the fence
 Refugees Problem
 Jurisdiction over the sea waters
• Devp
• Trade
• Aid
Relation with Nepal
• Friendly with minor Irritants
 Infilt from the Border
 Cross-border Migration of People
 Smuggling, illicit Trade of Drugs
 Arms Trade and mov of Trts
 Encroachment by Indian Farmers
 Annexation of Tibet by China
• Devp
 Trade
 Constr of highways, rds and dams
 Edn Scolarships
 Aid
CONCLUSION
• New challenges forced India to adjust to new
realities.
• Even then, basic framework of its foreign
policy remained more or less the same.
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