PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · India & the Global Centres of Power — Part 1
Explain the significance of Basic Exchange and Co- operation Agreement (BECA) for Indo-US strategic relations.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
Intro =. R!_: Oct 2020, third 2+2 > last of the four» GSOMIA, LEMOA, routes COMCASA complete R2 NGA to MoD – partnership shifts from selling platforms to sharing the data they run on
Body flow
content: geomagnetic/gravity, charts, imagery, high-quality GPS — navigation + precision targeting > Oct 2025 ten-year framework > co-production in surveillance, undersea domain awareness — hinge: access # capability
Counter-view
Counter- Sinha: no obligation to supply, nothing on Pakistan, China wew depends on the administration > March 2026 imagery halt > India announces its own Defence Geospatial Agency
Conclusion routes
Conclusion RI! capability + interoperability without a duty to defend > routes entente, not alliance R2 Pant: 2026 US defence strategy does not name India > better eyes, borrowed, not India’s own
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
