NEWS

India and Japan held the sixth joint meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum (AEF) recently

DETAILS

WHAT HAPPEN AT THE MEET

• Both sides reviewed the progress of ongoing projects in various areas including hydropower, connectivity, forest management, skill development, water supply and sewerage, Japanese language education
• Exchanged views on possible new areas of cooperation

ABOUT AEF

• Established under India’s “Act East Policy” and Japan’s vision for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,”
• Provides a platform for India and Japan to collaborate in the North-Eastern region.
• Established in September 2017
• Objective – identify specific projects for the economic modernization of India’s North-East region, such as connectivity, developmental infrastructure, industrial linkages, and people-to-people contacts through tourism, culture, and sports-related activities.

ACT EAST POLICY

• Launched in November 2014 at the East Asia Summit in Myanmar
• Focus on economic and security integration and mainly focuses on areas like South East Asia and East Asia

LOOK EAST POLICY

• Launched by the former Prime Minister V. Narasimha Rao in the year 1991
• Aim of shifting the India’s trading focus from the west and neighbours to the South East Asian countries
• Discontinued in 2014 with the enactment of Act east policy