Act East Policy

India's Look East (now Act East) policy is an effort to cultivate extensive economic and strategic relations with the nations of Southeast Asia in order to bolster its standing as a regional power and a counterweight to the strategic influence of China. Initiated in 1991, marked a strategic shift in India’s perspective of the world. It was developed and enacted during P.V. Narsimha Rao’ government.

Recent Developments

Moreh-Tamu Land Route Opened

  • Sixteen years after India, Myanmar, Thailand agreed to build a 1,300-km highway, to bind the three countries together, and bring India closer to ....
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