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125236
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2013.
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India and Myanmar both have historical and cultural links since ancient times. Myanmar's criticality for India has been variously defined, mostly referring to the "shared historical, ethnic, cultural and religious ties." In real terms, both countries share a 1643 kilometre-long land border. A large population of Indian origin people, estimated to be in the range of 2.5 million, lives in Myanmar. Four of India's north-eastern states, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, are geographically contiguous to Myanmar.
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122432
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2013.
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It is no great secret that the UPA government has not been quite happy
with the functioning of the Ministry of Development of the North Eastern
Region (DoNER). The Centre's development funds for the Northeast
have rarely been utilized as they were meant to be, and the utilization
reports as well as the detailed accounts for projects have rarely been
submitted in time (if at all) and there have been serious allegations of
large sums of money being siphoned out to private coffers. All said and
done, there were legitimate complaints that the DoNER Ministry was
functioning inefficiently. As a consequence, a parliamentary committee
was appointed to look into the functioning of the DoNER Ministry and
to make recommendations. Not surprisingly, the committee has
recommended that the Union government dissolve the DoNER Ministry
and put it under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
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125234
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2013.
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India's Myanmar policy and its shift from an idealist position to one that is driven by pragmatism is a subject matter of much importance today as regards the success of India's rejuvenated 'Look East Policy'. Considering the reasons for the policy change, the article examines as to how far the policy is adequate for fulfilment of India's objectives in that country. But, above all, India has to maintain a cordial relationship with Myanmar's newly elected civilian government headed by President Thein Sein to extend its influence in Southeast Asia and also due to internal security concerns of its north-eastern states, which are under continuous threat from various insurgent groups.
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