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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

f Also at the one-day virtual summit, India requested for one Land Port with a minimal negative list,
beginning with Agartala-Akhaura and for transportation of goods from Chattogram port to the North East
of India, it has proposed that its trucks use the Feni Bridge, on completion.
f It has been decided that the recently-constituted High Level Monitoring Committee headed by Secretary,
Economic Relations Division from Bangladesh and the High Commissioner of India in Dhaka will regularly
review the progress of the LOC Projects for their early completion. India-
Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMTTH):

f This highway is expected to help greatly in the transport connectivity – 1, 3660 km long cross border
highway network and is currently under construction, expected to be completed by 2021. It will be
linking Moreh (India) -Bagan (Myanmar) -Mae Sot (Thailand).
f India has agreed to help build two vital road sections — Kalewa-Yagyi of 120 km, and 69 bridges on the
TamuKyigone-Kalewa (TKK).
f From Indian side the work is going on since 2017 and according to sources by 2021 it is expected to be
completed.
f The decision to extend the Trilateral Highway to Lao PDR and Cambodia to help deepen the India-ASEAN
Relations was taken at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit 2012.
f Shadhinota Shorok: To commemorate the historic significance of the road from Mujib Nagar to Nodia
on Bangladesh-India border during the Liberation War, the neighbouring country has proposed to name it
as “Shadhinota Shorok”.
f The National Highways Authority of India has been appointed as the technical executing agency and
project management consultant for implementing this project.
f Benefits of India Myanmar Thailand Trilateral Highway:

f Connect ASEAN: The India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) highways project is aimed at opening the gate to
ASEAN through the land.
f The project will boost trade and commerce in the ASEAN–India Free Trade Area, as well as with the rest of
Southeast Asia.
f Once completed, greater flows of trade and investment will take place along the route, stimulating the
movement of goods and people, creating jobs, promoting tourism as well as raising the livelihoods of the
peoples in the region.
f India has also proposed extending the highway to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

ACT EAST POLICY

f India's 'Act East' policy is a diplomatic initiative to promote economic, strategic and cultural relations
with the vast AsiaPacific region at different levels.
f When India launched the Look East policy in 1991, its own economic strength, its global status and the
external environment were not what they are at present.
f At the time of its launch, India was struggling to transition from a state-controlled economic regime to a
more liberalised one.

f It took many years for the country to get adjusted to the newly emerging economic environment.
f India has upgraded its relations to strategic partnership and forged close ties with all countries in the

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