If India wants its Act East Policy to be successful it needs to take a number of further steps:
Build and Maintain Infrastructure: India must strengthen important infrastructure projects such as the trilateral highway linking India–Myanmar– Thailand, etc. India should enhance its connectivity with ASEAN instead of dragging its feet. Connectivity through road, rail, maritime and air can foster trade integration between ASEAN and India.
Promoting Diaspora: India needs to utilise its diaspora more effectively. So far, it has engaged only with the Indian diaspora in Singapore, Malaysia and to some extent Thailand. India needs to pay greater attention to the Indian ....
