{"id":175087,"date":"2022-03-21T20:41:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T15:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=175087"},"modified":"2022-03-21T20:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T15:11:09","slug":"indias-arctic-policy-india-hopes-to-put-down-roots-in-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-arctic-policy-india-hopes-to-put-down-roots-in-arctic\/","title":{"rendered":"India’s Arctic Policy: India hopes to put down roots in Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Ministry of Earth Science has unveiled India’s Arctic Policy, titled ‘India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’.<\/span><\/p>\n

India and the Arctic Region<\/b><\/h5>\n

India’s engagement with the Arctic began when it signed the Svalbard Treaty<\/strong> in 1920.<\/span><\/p>\n

India initiated its Arctic research program in 2007 with a focus on climate change in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

India has the status of \u2018Observer\u2019 member in the <\/span>Arctic Council <\/span><\/a>and participates in several meetings that are mostly themed around research.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arctic weather influences the Indian monsoon and hence has been of interest to Indian researchers for decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, India has a single station, Himadri, in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, where research personnel are usually present for 180 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate change and the melting of ice caps imply changes to the Arctic weather. India has sent 13 expeditions to the Arctic since 2007 and runs 23 active science projects.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: <\/strong>India launches the 41st Scientific Expedition to Antarctica<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is India\u2019s Arctic Policy?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Pillars: <\/b>The policy document lays down six pillars: 1) Strengthening India’s scientific research and cooperation, 2) climate and environmental protection, 3) economic and human development, 4) transportation and connectivity, 5) governance and international cooperation and 6) national capacity building in the Arctic region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Objectives of the Policy:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2013 Strengthening national capabilities, climate and environmental protection, maritime and economic cooperation with the Arctic region.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Inter-ministerial coordination in pursuit of India’s interests in the Arctic.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Enhancing understanding of the impact of climate change in the Arctic region on India’s climate, economic, and energy security.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Contributing better analysis, prediction, and coordinated policymaking on the implications of ice melting in the Arctic.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Studying linkages between polar regions and the Himalayas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Deepen cooperation between India and countries of the Arctic region under various Arctic forums.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Increase India’s participation in the Arctic Council.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Arctic melt: will polar bears vanish by 2100?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source<\/b>: This post is based on the article \u201cIndia hopes to put down roots in Arctic<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in The Hindu <\/b>on 21st Mar 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the News? The Ministry of Earth Science has unveiled India’s Arctic Policy, titled ‘India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’. India and the Arctic Region India’s engagement with the Arctic began when it signed the Svalbard Treaty in 1920. India initiated its Arctic research program in 2007 with a focus… Continue reading India’s Arctic Policy: India hopes to put down roots in Arctic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-175087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}