PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · South Asia: Regionalism, SAARC & BIMSTEC
What are the implications of “Look-East’ Policy on the north-eastern region of India?
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
first implication, economic: sea access via Siliguri or Bangladesh DoNER budget %562.78 cr (2014-15) — 22,657.87 cr (2019-20) — second implication, dependence: future on corridors = future on territory India does not govern — Raja Mohan, slow implementation + weak connectivity — Misri, June 2026, Kaladan and trilateral highway stalled by security situation inside Myanmar → third implication, inward: ~220 ethnic groups, autonomy-to-statehood demands, corridors cross that ground — FMR scrapped + ten-year fencing plan, 1,643 km — line opened for cargo, hardened for kin + Manipur carries the highway, under President’s Rule till Feb 2026
Body flow
policy not the culprit — MP-IDSA 2026: credible, institutionalised presence; success turns on execution, not intent — Baruah: development spending and armed conflict coexisted well before 1991
Counter-view
aviapeitm &! change of status is real —- develops the region only where land, evitzeme security, identity are settled R2 where they are not settled, the corridor merely passes through the region
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
