Look East Policy and North East India Opportunities and Challenge

Abstract

India's look-east policy was launched in 1992 just after the end of the cold war, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The basic objective of the look east policy was to accelerate the trade and commerce between India and the countries of Southeast Asia. The present paper starts with the introduction of look east policy, the back ground of the India -A SEAN relationship, a brief discussion about the role of China and why India will get preference over China, the role of North East in the Look East Policy and finally the paper concludes that the NE have to be prepared itself for the look east policy in order to capitalize the opportunities arising out of the policy.