Perspectives on Bilateral and Regional Cooperation: South and Central Asia

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Rashpal Malhotra Sucha Singh Gill Neetu Gaur

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (CRRID) CHANDIGARH, INDIA Contents

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Prime Minister's Message (October 2012)

Prime Minister's Message (March 2012)

Foreword

Acknowledgement

Address by Hon'ble Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari (October 2012)1

Address by the Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Shri TKA Nair (March 2012)

Address by the Union Finance Minister of India, ix Shri Pranab Mukherjee (March 2012)

Remarks by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Punjab, xiii Shri S Parkash Singh Badal (October 2012)

Statement by the Special Secretary (PD), MEA, xv Shri Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty (October 2012)

Introduction Section I: Perspectives on Cooperation India's Engagement with the 'Heartland' 19 Anita Sengupta Perspectives on India-Kazakhstan Relations: Challenges and Opportunities 39 Ashok Sajjanhar Perspectives of the Kyrgyz-Indian Partnership in IT Industry 47 Nazirzhon Nazarov A Bumpy Road to Cooperation in South Asia 61 Bharat Wariavwalla Eurasian Union: Substance and the Subtext 69 Gulshan Dietl Customs Union and Eurasian Union: Implications for India Ajay Patnaik Eurasian Economic Integration: Challenges and Opportunities Arun Mohanty

Section II: Economic Cooperation Energy Cooperation between Central Asia and South Asia: Prospects and Challenges Ghulam M Shah Trading with Central Asia: Challenges and Prospects P L Dash Indo-SAARC Trade Relations Since 1985 Davinder Kumar Madaan and Ranjit Singh Ghuman India-Kazakhstan Relations: Special Reference to Trade and Investment M Afzal Mir India's Trade with Central Asia with Special Reference to Kazakhstan in Post Cold War Era Sandeep Kaur and jaspreet Knur

Section III: Challenges and Opportunities of Connectivity Connect Central Asia Policy Ajay Bisaria Revival of Silk Route Branches via Nubra Valley: Opportunities for Indo-Central Asian Bilateral Relations GMMir Reconnecting India with Central Asia through Xinjiang Mahesh Ranjan Debata y . Wagah-Attari Transit Route: Re-emergence as Economic Corridor Paramjit S Sahai Afghanistan in India-Central Asia Relations" Arpita Basu Roy r Section IV: Peace, Stability and Security Interethnic and Interreligious Dialogue as a Factor of Security and Stability T Marmontova India in Afghanistan: Strategic Interests and Regional Concerns ; 251 Aijez A Wani and Inam Ul Rehman '

Central Asia's Role in Reconstruction of Afghanistan 261 Ambrish Dhaka

India's Role in Mongolia's Third Neighbour Policy 275 Muhammad Rafiuddin Makhdumi

Emergence of Political Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia 285 Kuldip Singh and Charanjeet Kaur

Problems and Prospects of Water Management as a Blue Diplomacy for Green Economy Development in Central Asia 295 Ashu Pasricha and Kiyanoush Ghalavand

Section V: Socio-Cultural Linkages

Globalisation and Socio-Cultural Linkages: A Case Study of Indian Diaspora with Special Focus on Central Asia 309 Manzoor Hussain

Contemporary Discourse on Ethno-national Processes in the Context of Central Asia 319 Murat M Bakhadirov Cultural Interaction between India and Central Asia: Studying the Role of Islam 325 G N Khaki A Sociological Appraisal of Migration in Central Asia: Impact on the Well Being of Women in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan 337 Tareak A Rather

. Possibilities of Reinventing Diasporic Connections with Central Asia: Reflections Through History 345 V JVarghese Matrix of National Initiatives: Perspective on Cross Leveraging India and Uzbekistan Relations 359 Bilal Bhat The Challenges and Prospects for the Regional Cooperation with India: Nation Building in Central Asia 367 Sunatullo Jonboboev A Database on Central Asia 393 Rajlaxmi Dash Learning to Live Together: Using Higher Education as a Means for Peace Building in South and Central Asia B K Pattnaik Empowerment of Women in South and Central Asia Through Micro Finance Outreach Ranjana Mishra Women's Empowerment and Cooperative Development, Peace and Security in South and Central Asia Massouda ]alal Section VI: Regionalism, Domestic Politics and Cooperation Problems on the Way to Closer Interaction between Central and South Asia Yelena I Rudenko Challenges of Regionalism in Central Asia and Perspective of Cooperation with India Mirzokhid Rakhimov Understanding the Domestic Imperatives of China's Central Asia Policy Satyabrat Sinha

Peace and Security in South Asia: India's Role Nischal Nath Pandey Parliamentary Democracy and Cooperative Development: India's Experience Audrey Volodin

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