Which of the following statements is incorrect about India's 'Act East Policy'?

Which of the following statements is incorrect about India's 'Act East Policy'? Correct Answer This policy promotes proactive diplomacy with political and military intervention to curb insurgency in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region

The correct answer is This policy promotes proactive diplomacy with political and military intervention to curb insurgency in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region.

Important Points

  • India Act East Policy was unveiled by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the 12th ASEAN-India Summit in 2014 held in Myanmar.
  • Act East Policy is the renamed version of Look East Policy.
    • To recover from the loss of the strategic partner -USSR (end of the Cold war 1991), India sought to build up a relationship with the USA and allies of the USA in Southeast Asia.
    • In this pursuit, former Prime minister of India P V Narasimha Rao launched the Look East policy in 1992, to give a strategic push to India’s engagement with the South-East Asia region.
  • The policy has strategic and economic importance with respect to India’s international interests.

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Statements: No policy is war. Some war are trade. Some trade are act. All act are force. Conclusion: I. Some trade are force. II. No war is act. III. Some force are policy. IV. No policy are force.