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モディ内閣の6つの外交優先策と10の優先分野

2014年5月30日掲載


モディ内閣の6つの外交優先策と10の優先分野

6つの外交優先策
1. India's ties with the US has become lackluster. MEA needs to infuse life into it by making it more transactional and business-like. The civil nuclear liability law needs to be amended to open India to nuclear energy industry, fix the retroactive taxes to revive business sentiment in the US and explain India's stand on IPR in pharma.

2. India's big challenge is China — its rise and aggression causes anxiety. These anxieties will reduce if China is seen to be developing a stake in India. The way to do it is to push Chinese investment in India and develop a genuine economic partnership with it. MEA has to help the security establishment overcome its fear about China.

3. India' s Look East policy has petered out into a "Glance East" Policy. India's economic and strategic moorings are in Asia, therefore MEA will have to look at advancing Indian interests in Asia, including countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore as well as Australia — countries that are also anxious about China's territorial moves.

4. Modi has made a terrific start by inviting all neighbours for his swearing-in. It's a gesture to indicate that he wants better ties with them. India's arrogance as Big Brother in south Asia has brought these ties to a low from which they can only grow. Pakistan has been told upfront that terror and trade can't coexist. Nawaz Sharif needs to make it apparent that he is trying to contain the terror operatives in Pakistan.

5. Saarc countries look up to India. This needs to be exploited by MEA with a genuine appreciation of the requirements of our neighbours as well as their political sensitivities. As a regional bloc, South Asia is the least integrated in the world. Injecting faith and trust by opening up trade and business would change the situation.

6. Build trade missions in key embassies to facilitate Indian economic interests. A good way to approach this would be to absorb the international trade division of Commerce ministry into MEA.


モディ内閣の10の優先分野
1. Build confidence in bureaucracy
2. Welcome innovative ideas and give freedom to bureaucrats to work
3. Transparency in govt; e-auction will be promoted
4. Education, health, water, energy and roads to be priorities
5. People oriented policy will be govt's priority
6. Infrastructure and investment reforms
7. System to be in place for inter-ministerial issues
8. Economy's concerns to be addressed
9. Policies to be implemented in time-bound manner
10. Stability and sustain ability in govt policies