{"id":1549,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-future-of-saarc-in-the-light-of-indias-increased-upsc-psir-2024-4308\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:34","slug":"discuss-the-future-of-saarc-in-the-light-of-indias-increased-upsc-psir-2024-4308","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-future-of-saarc-in-the-light-of-indias-increased-upsc-psir-2024-4308\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the future of SAARC in the light of India\u2019s increased focus on other regional groupings like ASEAN and BIMSTEC."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; 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\">BIMSTEC = Bay of Bengal platform free of that veto \/ ASEAN = market + Indo-Pacific place + Bangkok Vision 2030 + maritime transport agreement, April 2025 \u2014 India\u2019s position: paused, not closed \u2014 Menon: BIMSTEC FTA unfinished since Phuket 2004, connectivity plan unimplemented \u2014 Bhardwaj: five of seven members South Asian, habits travelled across \u2014 smaller states built SAARC to bind India collectively \u2014 a power that picks its region binds itself to none \u2014 their stake in BIMSTEC falls too \u2014 Dhaka asks in Delhi, July 2026, that the two work together<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Pandey: comparison misleading, judge BIMSTEC on its own mandate \u2192 it was never meant to include Pakistan or Afghanistan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">ay itm \u00ae! survives on paper \u2192 the only body covering all of South Asia routes R2 revival waits on Pakistan \u2014 Indus Waters in abeyance, trade prohibited \u2014 not on a fresh charter<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1549","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-20-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\/1549","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1549\/revisions\/2325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}