{"id":34220,"date":"2018-10-30T16:22:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34220"},"modified":"2018-10-30T16:22:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:52:46","slug":"india-offers-to-share-real-time-maritime-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-offers-to-share-real-time-maritime-data\/","title":{"rendered":"India offers to share real-time maritime data:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-offers-to-share-real-time-maritime-data\/article19969580.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India offers to share real-time maritime data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Navy is hosting Navy and Maritime Chiefs of 10 countries of Indian ocean region (IOR) at the first goa maritime conclave (GMC) to identify common threats in the region and evolve a mechanism on how to tackle them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has made an offer to<\/span><b> share intelligence of maritime movements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Indian Ocean in real-time with 10 Indian Ocean littoral States.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About information sharing<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information to be shared includes movement of <\/span><b>commercial traffic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as <\/span><b>intelligence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Co-operative system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;India already has co-operative arrangements with several countries in the region and this initiative would see that expanding further. For instance, <\/span><b>white shipping agreements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to share commercial shipping data have been signed with 12 countries and more are in the works.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not so much for <\/span><b>conventional military<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> purposes but to deal with <\/span><b>non-traditional threats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arising at sea,\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Maritime security Challenges faced by India<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>China\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Threat due to rampant <\/span><b>piracy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>maritime terrorism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><b> inter-state tensions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The growing importance of maritime resources, sea-lane safety, concentration of economic boom zones along the coasts, has made maritime security more critical than ever. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has an unresolved <\/span><b>maritime border dispute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Pakistan \u2013 Sir Creek and sri lanka Where borders are delimited there also frequent instances of illegal fishing, arrest of fishermen, arms-smuggling, terrorist infiltration, human-smuggling and drug-trafficking takes place<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Militarisation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Indian Ocean Region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vulnerability of our 7,517 km<\/span><b> long coastline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Sinking of a naval vessel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">off Vishakhapatnam and the loss of life of the Navy personnel and seaports in Kolkata receiving a series of intelligence warnings of an attack are few of the recent events that underlines myriad complexities of maritime security.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Need for multi-dimensional maritime strategy<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A robust maritime strategy is one which is multi-dimensional, that takes into consideration aspects of both traditional defence security issues and also covers non-traditional issues such as rising sea levels, oil spill-overs, fishery depletion, piracy and management of living and non-living marine resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India should bolster her naval strength and expand maritime partnerships with other countries through bilateral, trilateral and multilateral means. Naval modernisation, expansion of civilian maritime infrastructure, development of island territories, naval assistance to other countries should be embarked upon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Augment the capabilities of marine police, which is one of the first respondents during crises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India needs to deepen its military security cooperation in the Indian Ocean with USA, France, Australia and initiate a maritime security dialogue with China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adherence to international laws by all parties as well as through monitoring, regulation and enforcement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Maritime security strategy 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Maritime Security Strategy 2015, titled \u2018Ensuring Secure Seas\u2019 revealed in Oct 2015, some of its highlights are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b> Imperatives:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s principal maritime enterprise would be the need to \u201cshape a favourable and positive environment\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Towards this end, India would need to constructively involved in multilateral maritime\/ military engagement, local capacity building, technical cooperation\/ communications etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coastal and offshore security, in light of the 26\/11 attacks in Mumbai <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security of the Indian Ocean sea lines of communication,protection of overseas investment and Indians residing abroad<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Challenges:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acknowledges the blurring of lines between traditional and non-traditional threats<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These may range from terrorism, piracy and organized crime to climate change and natural disasters<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emphasises the need for greater coordination between different maritime agencies at the same time keeping the actions &#8220;holistic and seamless&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Strengths:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experience in evacuation of Indian and other nationals from Libya and Yemen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Successful disaster relief operations,eg: cyclone Hudhud (2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b> Opportunities:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navy will be the primary instrument to secure the seas for economic purposes, especially considering India\u2019s unique maritime geography with a central location in the IOR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater indigenisation of maritime platforms can boost \u201cMake in India\u201d push<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Goa maritime conclave<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conclave was aimed at \u201cAddressing Regional Maritime Challenges\u201d wherein the deliberations were focused on emerging maritime threats and force structuring, maritime domain awareness, maritime security architecture, and maritime security challenges in the Indian Ocean Region(IOR)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is white shipping agreement<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White Shipping Agreement (WSA) i<\/span><b>s an information network protocol that allows the navies of two countries to exchange information about ships in their oceanic territories. Ships would be classified into white (commercial ships), grey (military vessels), and black (illegal vessels)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It facilitates preventing any potential threat from sea from impinging an coastal and offshore security of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and U.S have signed the White Shipping Agreement (WSA) as it establishes an information network protocol that allows the navies of both countries to exchange information about ships in their oceanic territories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Navy\u2019s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) at Gurgaon would be the nodal centre for WSA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India offers to share real-time maritime data:\u00a0 Context Indian Navy is hosting Navy and Maritime Chiefs of 10 countries of Indian ocean region (IOR) at the first goa maritime conclave (GMC) to identify common threats in the region and evolve a mechanism on how to tackle them. 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