INDIA,
S BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH WORLD 2011:
INDIA-US:
- INDIA ON US “PRIORITY WATCH LIST”
- US-INDIA ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING ON JUNE 28, 2011 IN WASHINGTON DC.
- INDIA-US HOLD 2ND ROUND OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON JULY 19,2011 IN NEW DELHI.
INDIA-CHINA:
- PRESIDENT MEETING AT SANYA ON APRIL 14,2011
- 1ST EVER INDIA-CHINA SED ORGANIZED ,IN BEIZING ON SEPT 26,2011
- CHINA OVERTAKES INDIA AS “DIABETES CAPITAL”
- INDIA-CHINA HOLDS 4TH ANNUAL DEFENCE DIALOGUE ON DEC 9, 2011 IN NEW DELHI.
INDIA-PAKISTAN:
- INDO-PAK COMMERCE SECRETARY-LEVEL TALKS.
- TALKS ON TULBUL PROJECT.
- TALKS ON SIR CREEK DISPUTE
- CONTINUE TALKS ON SIACHEN
- MINISTERIAL TALKS
- ARBITRATION COURT STAYS WORKS ON KISHENGANGA DAM
- TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
- LIBERAL VISA REGIME
- MOST FAVOURED NATION ‘MFN” STATUS & NEGATIVE LIST.
- MOU: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BETWEEN BOTH TRADE PROMOTION ORGANISATIONS.
INDIA-BANGALADESH:
- ACCORD ON WATER SHARING: TEESTA & FENI
- OPEN NEWLAND PORT IN WEST BENGAL FOR BILATERAL TRADE.
- STRENGTHEND ECONOMIC TIES.
- NEW-DELHI, DHAKA TO RESTORE ABANDONED RAIL LINES.
- SIGN AGREEMENT ON MFN STATUS
- SIGNED AGREEMENT ON BORDER-SECURITY MANAGEMENT..
- SIGNED JOINT BORDER MAPS
- SIGNED EXTRADITION TREATY
INDIA-SRILANKA:
- TUTICORIN-COLOMBO FERRY SERVICE LAUNCHED
- MoU TO RE-BUILD KANKESANTHURAI PORT
INDIA-AFGHANSTAN:
- INDIA PLEDGES $500M TO AFGHANISTAN
- MoU FOR CULTURAL COOPERATION
- STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA (SAIL) GETS MINING RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN.
- SIGNED MoU ON EDUCATION.
INDIA-NEPAL:
- NEPAL TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR UPPER KARNALLI HYDRO POWER PROJECT DEVELOPED BY INDIA`S ENERGY CONSORTIUM GMR.
- NEPAL PM VISITS INDIA ON OCT 21,2011
- INVESTATION PROTECTION AGREEMENT
- SIGNED INFRA-STRUCTURAL PROJECTS.
INDIA-JAPAN:
- SIGNED COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT(CEPA) ON FEB 16,2011 IN TOKYO:
CEPA
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS:
- INDIA`S 1ST CEPA WITH A DEVELOPED COUNTRY
- TRADE DEAL WITH BIGGEST GDP PARTNER FOR BOTH.
- TARIFFS TO BE ELIMINATED ON ABOUT 90 % INDIAN & 97% JAPENESE GOODS OVER 10 YEARS.
- MORE OFFERINGS IN THE SERVICES SECTOR THAN THOSE AT WTO.
GAINS
FOR INDIA:
- ELIMINATION OF TARIFFS FOR TEXTILE SECTOR
- PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR TO GET SPEEDIER CLEARANCE SHRIMPS,PRAWNS,BLACK TEA & LUMBER TO ALSO SEE TARIFF ELIMINATION
- EASIER ENTRY INTO JAPAN FOR INDIA`S SKLLED PROFESSIONALS IN CERTAIN SERVICE CATEGORIES.
GAINS FOR JAPAN:
- ZERO TARIFFS ON AUTO PARTS MADE OF STEEL.
- TARIFF ELIMINATION ON FARM PRODUCTS INCLUDING YAM,PEACH 7 STRAWBERRY.
- NATIONAL TREATMENT AT BOTH PRE & POST INVESTMENT STAGE.
- OPENING UP OF DISTRBUTION SERVICES IN SINGLE BRAND RETAIL.
- JAPAN EXTENDS RS. 2557 CRORE LOAN TO INDIA.
- SIGN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE DIGITAL LIBRARY (TKDL) ACCESS AGREEMENT ON APRIL 20,2011.
- STEPPED UP DEFENCE TIES.
INDIA-INDONESIA:
- INDONESIAN PRESIEDNT VISIT AT NEW DELHI AS REPUBLIC DAY CHIEF GUEST ,SIGNED 18 AGREEMENTS
- LAUNCHED COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT(CECA) NEGOTIATIONS
INDIA-MALAYSIA:
- SIGNED CECA AGREEMENT
INDIA-THAILAND:
- DOUBLED BILATERAL TRADE
INDIA-KAZAKHSTAN:
- SIGNED CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON APRIL 16,2011.
INDIA-UZBEKISTAN:
- SIGNED 30 MoUs EG. COAL, OIL & GAS, BANKING, DTAA, CHEMICAL & FERTILIZERS, TOURISM.
INDIA-KYGHYZSTAN:
- INDIA WILL TRAIN KYGHZSTAN ARMED FORCES.
- INDIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE IN KYGHZSTAN.
INDIA & EUROPEAN UNION:
- DIFFERENCE STALL INDIA-EU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE(FTA) TALKS.
INDIA
& GERMANY:
- GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MORKEL, VISIT TO NEW DELHI ON MAY 31, 2011.
- 2ND INDO-GERMAN MAX-PLANCK CENTRE ON SEPT 22,2011 IN INDIA.
- HOLDS SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENT.
INDIA-FRANCE:
- FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ON OCT 20,2011 IN NEW DELHI.
- DISCUSSED ABT NUCLEAR COOPERATION & DEFENCE.
INDIA-NORWAY:
- PLAN JOINT POLAR RESEARCH, MEETING AT NEW DELHI ON FEB 3,2011.
INDIA-SWITZERLAND:
- REVISED TAX TREATY.
- MoU ON FINANCIAL DIALOGUE.
INDIA-SLOVENIA:
- SLOVENIA PM BORUT PAHOR VISITS INDIA ON JUNE 14,2011.
INDIA-BRAZIL:
- SIGNED SIGNED AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.
INDIA-LITHUANIA:
- INDIA SIGNS DTAA WITH LITHUANIA.
INDIA-BULGARIA:
- SIGNED MoU ON HEALTH & MEDICINES.
INDIA-UKRAINE:
- UKRAINE SEEKS DEFENCE RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA.
INDIA-CANADA:
- SIGNED MoU TO PROMOTE BEST PRACTICES & TO BOOST DIAMOND SECTOR.
INDIA-MAURITIUS:
- INDIAN PRESIDENT PRATIBHA PATIL VISITS MAURITIUS FROM APRIL 23-27,2011.
INDIA-COLUMBIA:
- INDIA SIGNS DTAA AGREEMENT WITH COLUMBIA.
INDIA-MORACCO:
- SHARE EXPERTISE FROM BOTH SIDES.
INDIA
–ITALY:
- INDIA PARTICIPATED IN VENICE BIENNALE.
INDIA-RUSSIA:
- EXPRESSED INTENT FOR CECA.
- STEPPED UP DEFENCE TIES.
INDIA-MOZAMBIQUE:
- WILL WORK TOGETHER ON MARITIME SECURITY.
INDIA-SOUTH KOREA:
- SIGNED CIVIL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
INDIA-MONGOLIA:
- AGREED TO EXPAND COOPERATION WHILE PATIL`S VISIT.
INDIA-IRAN:
- RESOLVE CRUDE OIL PAYMENT IMPASSE.
INDIA-MYANMAR:
- SEEK TO DOUBLE TRADE BY 2015.
INDIA-SOUTH AFRICA:
- SIGNED MoU ON ELECTORAL COOPERATION.
- SOUTH AFRICA RELEASES STAMPS TO MARK ARRIVAL OF INDIANS.
INDIA-BHUTAN:
- BHUTAN KING JIGME WANGCHUCK VISITS INDIA ON OCT 24,2011.
- SIGNED AGRREMENT ON PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION.
INDIA-MALDIVES:
- SIGNED FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT.
INDIA-UAE:
- AGREEMENTS ON SECURITY, COOPERATION,REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS.
INDIA-AUSTRAILIA:
- AUSTRAILIA LIFTS BAN ON URANIUM EXPORT TO INDIA.
- SIGNED DTAA AGREEMENT ON DEC 16,2011 IN NEW DELHI,INDIA.
INDIA-NEWZEALAND:
- NEWZEALAND PM JOHN KEY VISIT TO INDIA ON JUNE 28,2011.
- SIGNED AGREEMENTS ON DEFENCE & TRADE.
