{"id":1570,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/what-are-the-notable-features-of-the-recently-concluded-pact-or-upsc-psir-2020-4603\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:34","slug":"what-are-the-notable-features-of-the-recently-concluded-pact-or-upsc-psir-2020-4603","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/what-are-the-notable-features-of-the-recently-concluded-pact-or-upsc-psir-2020-4603\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the notable features of the recently concluded pact or the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) between India and Japan? How is it likely to address the security concerns of India?"},"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> signed 9 Sept 2020, in force July 2021 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the name says supplies and services, not bases <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reach without obligation<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> India\u2019s logistics network after LEMOA <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Japan added as an enabling framework, not an alliance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> worth and limit in the same clause<\/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>permissive design: either may ask, other <i>may<\/i> provide <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fifteen categories, food to port services <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> activities: exercises, UN peacekeeping, relief, evacuation, port visits <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> weapons and ammunition excluded <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ten years, auto-renewal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> distance converted into range <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Djibouti \/ Andamans \/ Malacca <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Malabar, JIMEX easier to sustain <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> joins the LEMOA network<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Basrur<\/b> and <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kutty<\/b>: autonomy preferred to alliance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> so no obligation in a crisis <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no reciprocal access agreement, unlike Australia and the Philippines <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Lidarev<\/b>: not a full ally <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Taiwan contingency, access becomes exposure<\/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> cost of presence falls, cost of commitment avoided<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> maritime reach gained, land border with China untouched<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[85],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1570","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-global-centres-of-power","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1570","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4982,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1570\/revisions\/4982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}