Based on their relative degree of impact on India’s maritime interests, the areas have been categorised as primary and secondary areas of interest:
Primary Areas: India’s primary areas of maritime interest include the following:
India’s coastal areas and maritime zones, including coastline, islands, internal sea waters, territorial waters, contiguous zone, EEZ and continental shelf.
The Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, and their littoral regions.
The Persian Gulf and its littoral, which is the source of majority of our oil supplies and gas imports, and is home to more than seven million expatriate Indians.
