The Act East: Action and Implementation : UPSC Daily Important Topic : 27 April 2022

The Act East: Action and Implementation

✓Oriented Approach to a Wider 

East

•The Look East Policy has today matured into a dynamic and action oriented ‘Act East Policy.PM at the 12th ASEAN India Summit and the 9th East Asia Summit held in Nay Pyi Taw,Myanmar, in November, 2014, formally enunciated the Act East Policy.

• India’s Act East Policy focusses on the extended neighbourhood in the Asia-Pacific region. 

•The policy which was originally conceived as an economic initiative, has gained political,strategic and cultural dimensions including establishment of institutional mechanisms for dialogue and cooperation.

•India has upgraded its relations to strategic partnership with Indonesia, Vietnam,Malaysia, Japan, Republic of Korea (ROK), Australia, Singapore and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and forged close ties with all countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

 India-Asean

•India’s relationship with ASEAN is a key pillar of our foreign policy and the foundation of our Act East Policy. 

•The up-gradation of the relationship into a Strategic Partnership in 2012 was a natural progression to the ground covered.

•India became a Sectoral Partner of the ASEAN in 1992, Dialogue Partner in 1996 and Summit Level Partner in 2002. 

•There are, in total, 30 Dialogue Mechanisms between India and ASEAN, cutting across various sectors.


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