{"id":222989,"date":"2023-01-18T20:37:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=222989"},"modified":"2023-02-20T19:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:33:49","slug":"the-illogical-rejection-of-the-idea-of-south-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-illogical-rejection-of-the-idea-of-south-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"The illogical rejection of the idea of South Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cThe illogical rejection of the idea of South Asia\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 18th January 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- India and its neighbourhood- Relations<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– Regional cooperation in South Asia<\/p>\n

News- The article explains the challenges and obstacles for regional cooperation in South Asia. It suggests the solution for boosting regional cooperation in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are the main points of a recent World Bank study on air pollution in South Asia? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

It concludes that about two million people die prematurely in South Asia each year. Particulate measure concentrations put nine South Asian cities among the world\u2019s top 10 worst <\/strong>affected by air pollution.<\/p>\n

In Bhutan, the average PM2.5<\/sub> concentration<\/strong> from 2018-2020 was three times World Health Organization-prescribed limits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The solution to the problems of air pollution lies in a \u201cwhole of region\u201d approach<\/strong>. South Asian countries should begin talks between scientists, officials and leaders to create a mechanism for the cooperative management<\/strong> of air pollution.<\/p>\n

What are the challenges faced by the South Asian region?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Climate change crisis<\/strong> led to floods in Pakistan. The Ukraine wa<\/strong>r has increased the cost of procuring energy, grain, fertilisers.<\/p>\n

There are chances of persistent global economic recession<\/strong>. South Asia is facing threats from variants of the COVID-19 virus, terrorism<\/strong>, especially arising from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The Region has failed to build a regional defence<\/strong> to the issues arising from Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and NATO sanctions, trade ban and weapons stockpiling<\/strong>. South Asia has missed the chance to build an energy \u201ccartel\u201d<\/strong> that can command a better price for the region.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh, Pakistan and India buy more than 50% of their liquefied natural gas through the spot market. It is an indicator of their vulnerability to global energy trends<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What are the obstacles for regional cooperation in South Asia?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pakistan has refused talks with India. It has missed out on being part of the South Asia energy grid<\/strong> that is boosting regional connectivity<\/strong> within BBIN grouping<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

India and Pakistan continue to hold up the SAARC Summit<\/strong> for nearly a decade. If New Delhi can virtually hold a special meeting for the \u201cGlobal South\u201d<\/strong>, there is no reason why it cannot convene or participate in a regional dialogue.<\/p>\n

They have missed opportunities for regional cooperation in health security<\/strong>. Although, India has worked bilaterally with most of its neighbours to provide COVID-19 medicines.<\/p>\n

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Source– The post is based on the article \u201cThe illogical rejection of the idea of South Asia\u201d published in The Hindu on 18th January 2023. Syllabus: GS2- India and its neighbourhood- Relations Relevance– Regional cooperation in South Asia News- The article explains the challenges and obstacles for regional cooperation in South Asia. It suggests the… Continue reading The illogical rejection of the idea of South Asia<\/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":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-222989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","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\/222989","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=222989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}