{"id":218759,"date":"2022-12-16T20:22:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=218759"},"modified":"2022-12-16T20:22:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:52:11","slug":"line-of-actual-control-past-tense-present-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/line-of-actual-control-past-tense-present-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Line of Actual Control: Past tense, present uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cLine of Actual Control: Past tense, present uncertain\u201d <\/strong>published in The Indian Express<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a016th<\/sup> December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>India \u2013 China border dispute<\/strong><\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>The article discusses the border dispute between India and China and the dispute of Tawang.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the current issue between the two countries?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region and describes it as south Tibet. It views Tawang as an area of strategic importance for its control over Tibet and its Buddhist leadership.<\/p>\n

Further, India and China have differing perceptions of the LAC<\/strong> at many places.<\/p>\n

However, Tawang<\/strong> appeared as an agreed disputed point<\/strong> unlike Gogra, Hot Springs and Galwan where no overlapping has taken place.<\/p>\n

Further, there has been a marginal increase<\/strong> in patrolling by the PLA in some areas. Chinese were also building housing infrastructure<\/strong> close to the LAC on their side which has enabled higher troop presence.<\/p>\n

What has been the past disputes between India and China over McMahon Line?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India has always considered McMahon line as a settled boundary between the two nations but China rejects this border as it is a colonial border line<\/strong> imposed by the British India.<\/p>\n

China offered India at the time of Nehru in 1960<\/strong> that it would recognize McMahon Line if India accept the Chinese control of Aksai Chin<\/strong> but India rejected the offer.<\/p>\n

Another offer was later given at the time of Indira Gandhi in 1982 to recognize the McMahon Line in exchange for India accepting the Chinese claims in Ladakh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This kind of multiple offers given by China and rejection by India has caused border disputes from 1962 till today. However, in 1985, China specified that it wanted Tawang as a means of settling the border dispute.<\/p>\n

What are the counter measures being adopted by India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India has taken several steps to counter the Chinese troops at the border.<\/p>\n

For example<\/strong>, the Sela Pass tunnel project<\/strong> is being developed by the Border Road Organisation. It will provide all-weather connectivity between Tezpur in Assam and Tawang.<\/p>\n

A 1,500-km Frontier Highway project<\/strong> is also coming up. It will run from Tawang in the west to Vijaynagar in east Arunachal along the state\u2019s frontier with China.<\/p>\n

The infrastructure expansion in Arunachal Pradesh is taking place along five verticals<\/strong>: habitat, aviation, road infrastructure, operational logistics and security infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Surveillance has also increased<\/strong> with deployment of ground-based cameras with night vision ability, surveillance drones, long distance surveillance UAVs, and better communication systems.<\/p>\n

What is the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Tawang is a major Buddhist pilgrimage centre. The Buddhist monastery in Tawang is India\u2019s biggest monastery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is also one of 33 assembly segments in the West Arunachal Pradesh parliamentary constituency which has been represented in every Indian parliament since 1950.<\/p>\n

Therefore, India should try to resolve the border disputes with talks, negotiations and dialogues. However, it also needs to be prepared for any kind of emergencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cLine of Actual Control: Past tense, present uncertain\u201d published in The Indian Express\u00a0on\u00a016th December 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 International Relations Relevance: India \u2013 China border dispute News: The article discusses the border dispute between India and China and the dispute of Tawang. What is the current issue… Continue reading Line of Actual Control: Past tense, present uncertain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-218759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218759","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}