India has sharpened its focus on development assistance for its neighbours, especially for high impact projects driven by local needs, as it finds itself in a race for influence in the region with China. An array of projects, ranging from the nearly $300-million Salma or Afghan-India Friendship Dam to the Rooppur nuclear power plant being […]
China hardsells big ticket but low on trust, India’s soft power push in Myanmar education and health
September 11, 2018 by
As Delhi seeks to expand its engagement with Myanmar, it is in sectors such as education, health and entertainment services that India hopes to make an impact in a country crowded with several international players, and completely dominated by China. In a state-of-the art classroom at the steel and glass Myanmar Institute of Information Technology […]
Dal cooks up a storm in India, Myanmar
September 4, 2017 by
YANGON, SEPTEMBER 1: The humble ‘dal’ has sent pulses racing in Myanmar and India.Trouble started two weeks ago when India imposed import restrictions on tur (pigeon pea), urad (black bean) and moong (green gram) to avert a price crash. Pulses acreage rises Thanks to last year’s high prices, farmers turned to pulses and India’s acreage […]
The Bumpy Relationship Between India and Myanmar
September 4, 2017 by
The relationship between Naypyidaw and Delhi is not smooth sailing, despite the recent visit of Myanmar military officers to India. Naypyidaw’s announcement about not setting up a trading zone at the Indian border, due to a lack of basic infrastructure and low trading volume, ends the series of negotiations between India and Myanmar for border […]
The Trouble With India’s Projects in Myanmar
September 26, 2016 by
India has great ambitions for infrastructure construction in Myanmar, but falls short in implementation. Myanmar President Htin Kyaw’s recent visit to India, the first by the head of a civilian government in Myanmar in over five decades, saw the two sides focus on improving connectivity and counterinsurgency cooperation. In addition to reaffirming their commitment to […]
Connectivity with Myanmar — the wait gets longer
August 26, 2016 by
Building a project in Myanmar was and is difficult. But, is it so difficult that the connectivity proposals mooted by Delhi early in the last decade will remain a dream or at best half complete? Exactly the same happened to proposals to connect the north-eastern States and ASEAN through Myanmar. The trilateral India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) highway […]
India to help modernise Myanmar Army and Navy to broad-base defence partnership
July 29, 2015 by
NEW DELHI: In what could be described as a major initiative in the field of military diplomacy India on Thursday decided to assist modernisation of Myanmar’s Army and Navy to upgrade military to military cooperation to the next level, nearly a month after joint operations targeted insurgents along 1640-km-long land boundary. The decision to expand […]
