{"id":1540,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/despite-deep-ties-indias-relations-with-sri-lanka-have-seen-upsc-psir-2024-4206\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:19","slug":"despite-deep-ties-indias-relations-with-sri-lanka-have-seen-upsc-psir-2024-4206","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/despite-deep-ties-indias-relations-with-sri-lanka-have-seen-upsc-psir-2024-4206\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite deep ties, India\u2019s relations with Sri Lanka have seen strains due to China&#8217;s growing influence in Sri Lanka through investments and economic dominance. Analyse."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> 2,500 years + free trade agreement since 2000 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> thesis: strain traces to the space Indian delay left open, not to Chinese money<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> open on China\u2019s three doors <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ask what opened them <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> same thesis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>debt <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Hambantota port <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> investment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Colombo Port City <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> trade <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> top import partner without any trade agreement <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Pant<\/b>: regional dominance that also pushes out other powers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bajpai<\/b>: \u201cdisinterested neighbour\u201d against \u201cbig brother India\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2019s own delivery deficit <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Hambantota and Trincomalee offered to Delhi first <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> recovery since 2022 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> nearly $4 billion crisis support <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 2025 defence agreement + Trincomalee energy hub <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Cyclone Ditwah relief <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Mazagon Dock in Colombo Dockyard <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gap narrowed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Colombo reads it as balance, not choice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Hambantota\u2019s ninety-nine-year lease stays with China<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Raja Mohan<\/b>: crisis support built goodwill and an opening to reframe ties<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> strain real but not terminal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> contest now turns on delivery, not sentiment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1540","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-south-asia","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4952,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1540\/revisions\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}