DOCSLIB.ORG

INDEX (E-Scan 16-31 Jan 2021)

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
INDEX (E-Scan 16-31 Jan 2021) INDEX (e-Scan 16-31 Jan 2021) S No Rank & Name Country Page(s) 1. Brig RK Bhutani (Retd) CHINA (Geo-Strat, Geo-Politics 2-6 & Geo-Economics) 2. Capt (IN) KK Agnihotri IOR, ANC AND INDO-PACIFIC 6-9 3. Gp Capt Rajesh Bhandari JAPAN AND KOREA 9-10 4. Col Siddhartha Sharma WEST ASIA 11-13 5. Gp Capt GD Sharma, VSM (Retd) UNITED STATES 13-14 6. Brig Rajat Upreti MALDIVES, PAKISTAN & SRI 14-17 LANKA 7. Col Siddhartha Sharma IRAN 17 8. Col Siddhartha Sharma AFGHANISTAN 18 9. Air Cmde T Chand (Retd) STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES 18-20 10. Gp Capt GD Sharma, VSM (Retd) NUCLEAR 20-21 11. Gp Capt GD Sharma, VSM (Retd) SPACE 22 2 ENVIRONMENT SCAN: 16-31 JAN 2021 CHINA (Geo-Strat, Geo-Politics & Geo-Economics) Brig RK Bhutani (Retd) Why China-Pakistan Ties are 'Unraveling' over CPEC. The multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to have driven a wedge between all-weather allies China and Pakistan. Sharp differences have emerged between the two countries over a $6.8 billion railway line project, which is part of the ambitious China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The impasse has even led to an indefinite delay in the annual bilateral CPEC summit. This is not the first that CPEC has triggered a strain in the long-standing friendship between the two countries. China-Pakistan ties are in troubled waters these days because of following issues:- (a) Fallout Over Rail Project Pakistan has been expecting China to lend $6 billion at a concessional interest rate of less than 3 percent for the Main Line-1 project. The Imran Khan government had even hoped to finalize the lending at an interest rate of just 1%. But to Islamabad’s chagrin, China has shown increasing reluctance over lending money for the project. The project includes doubling and upgrading of the 1,872- km railway track from Peshawar to Karachi and is a major milestone for the second phase of CPEC. Reportedly, China is not happy about lending the money since Pakistan has already sought debt relief to meet the G20 lending conditions and is not in a position to give sovereign guarantees. In December last year, China had even sought additional guarantees before sanctioning the loan in view of Islamabad's weakening financial position. A Pakistani Official had said that China raised the additional guarantees issue to get clarity over Pakistan financial condition after Islamabad applied for debt relief from the G-20 countries, which is only meant for the world’s poorest nations. The journalist said that China's appetite for investments in large infrastructure projects has diminished because these projects are vulnerable to local politics that delay returns on investment for Beijing. It had proposed a mix of commercial and concessional loans to fund the rail project going against Islamabad’s wishes of "cheapest lending". Pakistan is currently renegotiating its $6 million extended fund facility at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which was suspended in April 2020. 3 The IMF will reportedly resume the program if Pakistan does not take out any new commercial loans, and that is one of the reason it is looking for concessions on loans for the ML-1 project. (b) CPEC Summit Delayed The Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) is the primary decision- making body of CPEC. Its first meeting was held in August 2013 and the latest one in November 2019.The report said that the 10th JCC was originally scheduled for early 2020, but has not taken so far. It said that Covid-19 pandemic was initially cited as the reason behind the postponement but sources later revealed that delay has been caused due to disagreements over the railway project and special economic zones. As a result, Pakistan's desire to start work on the package-1 from January 2021 would remain unfulfilled due to delay in finalization of financial details. (c) Spate of Concerns Discontentment between the two allies had been brewing ever since China decided to tighten its purse strings amid concerns over its investments in Pakistan. China is slowly backing away from CPEC due to Islamabad's spiraling debt, series of corruption scandals and rising security costs. Reportedly, only 32 out of 122, projects under CPEC had been completed till the third quarter of the fiscal year. (d) Corruption Scandals Besides concerns over Pakistan's ballooning debt, Beijing is also believed to be unhappy about reports of corruption involving Chinese companies that are part of the CPEC projects. A probe by the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SCEP) found irregularities worth over $1.8 billion in the power sector, with many Chinese firms receiving undue subsidies. China's "illegal profiteering" from the power sector was in fact the reason behind the nationwide blackout in Pakistan earlier this month. Startling revelations about widespread malpractice in the power sector traced 100 billion Pakistani rupees ($625 million) in annual over- payment to the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and discussed the magnitude of illegal "profiteering" of Chinese energy companies. China has earmarked $30 billion for Pakistan's energy sector through 4 CPEC funds. Several Chinese IPPs have been involved in the construction of as many as 27 power plants in Pakistan with a total installed capacity of 12,000 MW under the CPEC program. Analysts, however, have questioned the viability of these energy projects primarily because most of the Chinese investments focused on generation and ignored the distribution of power, which is clearly in a shambles judging by the recent blackout. (e) Opposition Heat Adding another layer of controversy is the role of the CPEC Authority chairman Lt General Asim Saleem Bajwa (retd). The CPEC Authority ordinance is largely seen as an attempt by the Pakistan government to allow the military greater control over the CPEC projects. Last week, the opposition parties staged a walkout from the Senate session over the Pakistan government’s "inadequate" response to their queries on the CPEC Authority ordinance. The proposed law will allow Bajwa to replace the planning minister as co-chair of a Pakistan-China Joint Committee and eliminate the role of the planning ministry as an administrative division. Bajwa is already a controversial figure in Pakistan who is said to have amassed millions of dollars of late. The opposition had even questioned the meeting of Bajwa with the Chinese ambassador when the CPEC authority had no chairman and the CPEC Authority's ordinance had lapsed. Local media had exposed Bajwa's several offshore businesses, including more than 100 companies and franchises in the US, UAE and Canada in which his families were involved. Comments. Chinese loans are given with extremely high interest rates. For example, for the Hambantota port project, Sri Lanka borrowed US$ 301 million from China with an interest rate of 6.3 percent, while the interest rates on soft loans from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank are only 0.25-3 percent. Interest rates of India’s line of credit to the neighboring countries are as low as 1 percent, or even less in some cases. Taking in to account, the US-China trade war's impact on China’s economy in the future and the economic distress caused due to COVID-19, China may not be able to generate sufficient foreign exchange surpluses to finance BRI on the same scale as it had originally planned. Imran Khan’s government to get the loan at interest rate of 1 percent is a wishful thinking. China will draw every ounce of political and economic benefit from Pakistan. For instance, Pakistan moved its troops to Gilgit-Baltistan along the Line of Control (LoC) and allowed the PLA to use its airbase at Skardu in June at the height of the face-off. In April only the Imran Khan Government had sought an extension on a debt repayment of $30 billion that Islamabad had taken to build the CPEC. Behind the troop movement lies the cold calculations of easing the repayment process. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/why-china-pakistan-ties-are-unraveling- over-cpec/articleshow/80450316.cms 5 China Sharpens Language, Warns Taiwan that Independence 'Means War'. China toughened its language towards Taiwan on 28th January, warning after recent stepped up military activities near the island that “independence means war” and that its armed forces were acting in response to provocation and foreign interference. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry reported six Chinese air force aircraft, including four J-10 fighter jets, flew into its air defense zone on 28th January, close to the Taiwan- controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea. It prompted Washington to urge Beijing to stop pressuring Taiwan. China believes that Taiwan’s democratically elected government is moving the island towards a declaration of formal independence, though Taiwan President Tsai Ing- wen has repeatedly said it is already an independent country called the Republic of China, its formal name. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said “The military activities carried out by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in the Taiwan Strait are necessary actions to address the current security situation in the Taiwan Strait and to safeguard national sovereignty and security”. He added, “They are a solemn response to external interference and provocations by ‘Taiwan independence’ forces”. Wu said a “handful” of people in Taiwan were seeking the island’s independence. He said, “We warn those ‘Taiwan independence’ elements: those who play with fire will burn themselves, and ‘Taiwan independence’ means war”. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby reaffirmed longstanding U.S. military support to Taiwan’s self-defense.“We have obligations to assist Taiwan with their self-defense and I think you’re going to see that continue,” said Kirby, a retired admiral, in the first Pentagon briefing of the Biden administration.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Media Framing of the Human Rights Violations at Palk Bay
    © Media Watch 9 (1) 141-149, 2018 ISSN 0976-0911 e-ISSN 2249-8818 DOI: 10.15655/mw/2018/v9i1/49278 Fishing in the Troubled Water: Media Framing of the Human Rights Violations at Palk Bay C. J. RAVI KRISHNAN & C. PICHAANDY VLB Janakiammal Arts and Science College, India This study aims at appropriating the social and print media construct and coverage of human rights violations in the post Eelam war between Indian Tamil fishermen and their conflict with Sri Lankan Navy in the Palk Bay. The alleged intrusion of the Indian trawlers into the Sri Lankan water and the rebuttal by Sri Lankan Navy leading to the torture, arrest and at times, death of Indian fishermen is being widely articulated and debated in Indian and foreign media. An attempt has been made here using the framing theory to investigate how human rights violations were constructed in Indian print media (Dinamani and The Hindu) and socials media (Twitter). Keywords: Palk Bay, Indian fishermen, Sri Lanka, human rights, LTTE Historically and socially, the umbilical cord bondage between the Indian fishermen and their counterpart in Northern Sri Lanka permeated a cultural oneness and the fishermen on the both sides of the Palk Bay lived happily, enjoying the marine resources mutually for generations. The Palk Bay is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. However, the ethnic conflict that erupted between the Tamil people of Northern Province of Sri Lanka and Sinhalese from the early 1980s to 2009, completely changed the sharing of the marine resources of the Palk Bay.
    [Show full text]
  • CHAP 9 Sri Lanka
    79o 00' 79o 30' 80o 00' 80o 30' 81o 00' 81o 30' 82o 00' Kankesanturai Point Pedro A I Karaitivu I. Jana D Peninsula N Kayts Jana SRI LANKA I Palk Strait National capital Ja na Elephant Pass Punkudutivu I. Lag Provincial capital oon Devipattinam Delft I. Town, village Palk Bay Kilinochchi Provincial boundary - Puthukkudiyiruppu Nanthi Kadal Main road Rameswaram Iranaitivu Is. Mullaittivu Secondary road Pamban I. Ferry Vellankulam Dhanushkodi Talaimannar Manjulam Nayaru Lagoon Railroad A da m' Airport s Bridge NORTHERN Nedunkeni 9o 00' Kokkilai Lagoon Mannar I. Mannar Puliyankulam Pulmoddai Madhu Road Bay of Bengal Gulf of Mannar Silavatturai Vavuniya Nilaveli Pankulam Kebitigollewa Trincomalee Horuwupotana r Bay Medawachchiya diya A d o o o 8 30' ru 8 30' v K i A Karaitivu I. ru Hamillewa n a Mutur Y Pomparippu Anuradhapura Kantalai n o NORTH CENTRAL Kalpitiya o g Maragahewa a Kathiraveli L Kal m a Oy a a l a t t Puttalam Kekirawa Habarane u 8o 00' P Galgamuwa 8o 00' NORTH Polonnaruwa Dambula Valachchenai Anamaduwa a y O Mundal Maho a Chenkaladi Lake r u WESTERN d Batticaloa Naula a M uru ed D Ganewatta a EASTERN g n Madura Oya a G Reservoir Chilaw i l Maha Oya o Kurunegala e o 7 30' w 7 30' Matale a Paddiruppu h Kuliyapitiya a CENTRAL M Kehelula Kalmunai Pannala Kandy Mahiyangana Uhana Randenigale ya Amparai a O a Mah Reservoir y Negombo Kegalla O Gal Tirrukkovil Negombo Victoria Falls Reservoir Bibile Senanayake Lagoon Gampaha Samudra Ja-Ela o a Nuwara Badulla o 7 00' ng 7 00' Kelan a Avissawella Eliya Colombo i G Sri Jayewardenepura
    [Show full text]
  • Urban Transport System Development Project for Colombo Metropolitan Region and Suburbs
    DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR COLOMBO METROPOLITAN REGION AND SUBURBS URBAN TRANSPORT MASTER PLAN FINAL REPORT TECHNICAL REPORTS AUGUST 2014 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY EI ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. JR 14-142 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR COLOMBO METROPOLITAN REGION AND SUBURBS URBAN TRANSPORT MASTER PLAN FINAL REPORT TECHNICAL REPORTS AUGUST 2014 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR COLOMBO METROPOLITAN REGION AND SUBURBS Technical Report No. 1 Analysis of Current Public Transport AUGUST 2014 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR COLOMBO METROPOLITAN REGION AND SUBURBS Technical Report No. 1 Analysis on Current Public Transport TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Railways ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 History of Railways in Sri Lanka .................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Railway Lines in Western Province .............................................................................................. 5 1.3 Train Operation ............................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Uncorrected/Not for Publication - 11.08.2010 SSS/1A/11.00
    1 Uncorrected/Not for publication - 11.08.2010 SSS/1A/11.00 The House met at eleven of the clock, MR. CHAIRMAN in the Chair. ---- MR. CHAIRMAN: Question No. 241. DR. MANOHAR JOSHI: Sir before taking up the Question Hour I would say that I have given a notice again on the Maharashtra issue. The other day we had a discussion. I had requested that this matter may be taken up by keeping aside the Question Hour and other business of the House. Sir, the matter has become serious because there is no way out.... MR. CHAIRMAN: Could you give me just one minute please? DR.MANOHAR JOSHI: Yes. MR. CHAIRMAN: Your request has been considered very carefully. The Chair wishes to give a ruling on it. DR. MANOHAR JOSHI: Before you give your ruling, let me argue my case. If you are giving a ruling, give me few minutes to argue my case and, thereafter, you can give your ruling. Sir, my only argument is: the other day when I spoke, I had no books with me. Today, fortunately, I have brought a book called, “Practice and Procedure of Parliament” by Shri M. N. Kaul and S. L. Shakdher. MR. CHAIRMAN: Yes, we are all aware of it. DR. MANOHAR JOSHI: Sir, this book has clearly said that if a matter is not started in the court, it can be discussed in the House. They have given a number of illustrations, I would not take them. But that is not the only thing. They have given two to three other reasons also.
    [Show full text]
  • Trans-Asian Railway in the Southern Corridor of Asia-Europe Routes
    ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANS-ASIAN RAILWAY TRANS-ASIAN RAILWAY IN THE SOUTHERN CORRIDOR OF ASIA-EUROPE ROUTES UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANS-ASIAN RAILWAY TRANS-ASIAN RAILWAY IN THE SOUTHERN CORRIDOR OF ASIA-EUROPE ROUTES UNITED NATIONS New York, 1999 ST/ESCAP/1980 This publication was prepared by Peter Hodgkinson, Consultant, with financial support by the Government of Germany through GTZ German Technical Cooperation. The description employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This publication has been issued without formal editing. CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................1 2. NETWORK IDENTIFICATION............................................................................................3 2.1 Routes of international significance .........................................................................3 2.1.1 Route TAR-S1.............................................................................................5 2.1.2 Route TAR-S2.............................................................................................5 2.1.3 Route TAR-S3.............................................................................................7
    [Show full text]
  • About Current Connect
    (CURRENT CONNECT- JULY-20) ABOUT CURRENT CONNECT It gives us immense pleasure to present an innovative approach to master current affairs. Current is a passing wind and diverse issues happen at the same time. It is to an extent chaotic. Newspapers, magazines and various other sources report the chaos per se. With our experience of current affairs we have tried to give ―the current‖ a medium to travel. It is the syllabus of the UPSC with their components that are the medium through which the "Current is Passed‖ to the readers. Ever since the new syllabus of the UPSC came into existence, current has been gaining significance both at prelims as well as mains examination. This book is meant to cover current affairs and related questions arising from those events. We have not only covered the current events for their factual contents but also presented it in such a way that any question asked from that topic gets covered. Moreover, topics are also "peppered" with the relevant facts/key concepts that are related to the theme. We have also given questions for practice both, subjective and objective, so that candidates are oriented to the examination mode. It is a collection covering myriad source yet in a manageable size. To use this book we recommend you to master the components of general studies (GS) syllabus as broken into rows and columns (provided in the beginning after preface). Each cell comprising of the portion of GS becomes the connect for the current and every news subsequently covered guides the reader to the address of the syllabus.
    [Show full text]
  • IEE: SRI: Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project: Mannar Water Supply
    Initial Environmental Examination Report Project Number: 37381 November 2012 Sri Lanka: DRY ZONE URBAN WATER AND SANITATION PROJECT - for Mannar Water Supply Prepared by Project Management Unit for Dry Zone Urban Water and Sanitation Project, Colombo, Sri Lanka. For Water Supply and Drainage Board Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage, Sri Lanka. This report has been submitted to ADB by the Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2011). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. Project Implementation Agency: National Water Supply & Drainage Board Funding Agency: Asian Development Bank Project Number: 37381-SRI Sri Lanka: Dry Zone Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (DZUWSSP) INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION: MANNAR WATER SUPPLY NOVEMBER 2012 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1 A. Purpose of the Report ........................................................................................................................... 1 B. Extent of IEE study ............................................................................................................................... 1 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ..................................................................................................... 5 A. Type, Category and Need ....................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Sri Lanka Introduction
    SOS POLITICAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE II SEM POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY:MORDAN POLITICAL THOUGHT, THEORY & CONTEMPORARY IDEOLOGIES (203) UNIT-III TOPIC NAME-INDIA’S RELATION WITH THE SRI LANKA INTRODUCTION India–Sri Lanka relations are diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka. Only 4% of Sri Lankans have a negative view on India, the lowest of all the countries surveyed by the Ipsos GlobalScan.[1] The two countries are also close on economic terms with India being the island's largest trading partner[2] and an agreement to establish a proto single market also under discussion at an advanced stage.[3] There are deep racial and cultural links between the two countries. India and Sri Lanka share a maritime border. India is the only neighbour of Sri Lanka, separated by the Palk Strait; both nations occupy a strategic position in South Asia and have sought to build a common security umbrella in the Indian Ocean.[4]Both India and Sri Lanka are republics within the Commonwealth of Nations. They have been however tested by the Sri Lankan Civil War and by the controversy of Indian intervention during the war. In recent years Sri Lanka has moved closer to China, especially in terms of naval agreements. India has signed a nuclear energy deal to improve relations. India made a nuclear energy pact with Sri Lanka in 2015.[ WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA? There are deep racial and cultural linksbetween the two countries. India and Sri Lanka share a maritime border. India is the only neighbour of Sri Lanka, separated by the Palk Strait; both nations occupy a strategic position in South Asia and have sought to build a common security umbrella in the Indian Ocean.
    [Show full text]
  • Community Preparedness and Resilience in a Coastal Community on Mannar Island, Sri Lanka
    Community Preparedness and Resilience in a Coastal Community on Mannar Island, Sri Lanka Principal Investigator: Soosaipillai Karunakaran Acknowledgements It was a great opportunity to receive a small research grant through the generous support of the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and Response 2 Resilience (R2R). Special thanks go to Prof. B. S. B. Karunaratne, Coordinator of Research in Disaster Preparedness and Resilience (RDPR), who closely coordinated the research and grant progress. I extend my sincere thanks to my supervisor, Dr. Vasantha Wickramasinghe, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, who provided me with regular feedback on my research findings at different stages. He continuously encouraged and followed up this study from beginning to end. I also express my sincere thanks to Dr. Buddhi Weerasinghe of the Asia Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) in Bangkok for his valuable inputs into the initial proposal, especially on the aspect of vulnerability. The partnership of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) Mannar made the field work very much easier. The SLRCS organized SLRCS volunteers for the field survey and data entry and made them available for training and workshops. SLRCS Mannar coordinated with local partners in all aspects of field activities. The partnership was mutually beneficial; I thank the management of SLRCS Mannar for their timely assistance. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Mannar provided continuous support, including providing secondary data related to the subject, approving the survey on Mannar Island, providing volunteers to take part in the field survey, and conducting the final workshop to disseminate the findings and recommendations.
    [Show full text]
  • Question No.411 Presence of Sri Lankan Navy Personnel in Katchatheevu Island
    22/01/2019 QUESTION NO.411 PRESENCE OF SRI LANKAN NAVY PERSONNEL IN KATCHATHEEVU ISLAND Home › Media Center › Parliament Q & A › Rajya Sabha QUESTION NO.411 PRESENCE OF SRI LANKAN NAVY PERSONNEL IN KATCHATHEEVU ISLAND July 21, 2016 RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.411 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2016 PRESENCE OF SRI LANKAN NAVY PERSONNEL IN KATCHATHEEVU ISLAND 411. SHRI T. RATHINAVEL: Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether Sri Lanka has enhanced the presence of its Navy personnel in Katchatheevu island preventing the fishermen from Tamil Nadu fishing in and around the said area; (b) if so, whether Government has taken up this issue with the Sri Lankan Government; (c) whether Government has asked the Sri Lanka Government to allow the fishermen from Tamil Nadu to construct a Church at Katchatheevu; and (d) whether Government has received a representation from the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu recently in this regard, if so, the action taken thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)] (a) to (d) As per the Agreements of 1974 and 1976 signed between India and Sri Lanka, Indian fishermen are allowed access to the Katchatheevu Island for rest, for drying fishing nets and for the annual St.Anthony’s festival. The issues related to Indian fishermen are regularly taken up with Government of Sri https://www.mea.gov.in/rajya-sabha.htm?dtl/27114/QUESTION_NO411_PRESENCE_OF_SRI_LANKAN_NAVY_PERSONNEL_IN_KATCHATHEEVU… 1/2 22/01/2019 QUESTION NO.411 PRESENCE OF SRI LANKAN NAVY PERSONNEL IN KATCHATHEEVU ISLAND Lanka, including at the highest levels.
    [Show full text]
  • Illegal Unreported and Unregulated(IUU) Fishing in Palk Bay: Issues and Challenges
    http://www.maritimeindia.org/ Illegal Unreported and Unregulated(IUU) Fishing in Palk Bay: Issues and Challenges. Author: R. S. Vasan* Date: 20 February 2017 The Context Palk Bay is the South-western portion of the strait which is a small stretch of ocean in the Bay of Bengal located between Northern Sri Lanka and south eastern India. The strait is bounded on the south by Pamban Island, Adam’s bridge (also known as Rama Setu), the Gulf of Mannar. The strait is 40 to 85 miles (64 to 137 km) wide, 85 miles long. The average depth is less than 100 meters Many rivers including Vaigai (India) drain in to the Palk Bay., The Sri Lankan side has many Islets including Katchateevu which has been the bone of contention between Indian fishers and Sri Lankan fishers since 1974. The occurrencesof Tamil fishermen crossing the International Maritime Boundary Limit (IMBL) in large numbers—quoting the traditional rights to fish in the Palk Bayand despite the fear of being arrested—has not abated. The mostly intentional crossing of the officially demarcated(IMBl)by quoting historical rights has not helped matters. The agreement of 1974 for demarking the IMBL, and the subsequent clarifications by the Indian Government, do not allow Indian fishers to cross the IMBL. The fishers continue to fish not only around the Katchatheevu Island (where the drying of nets was allowed in the 1974 agreement) but also in areas well in Sri Lankan waters. With the clarifications of 1976 on the floor of the Indian Parliament by the then External Affairs Minister Swaran Singh, the fishermen were specifically directed not to cross the IMBL to fish in Sri Lankan waters.
    [Show full text]
  • Pobierz Pobierz
    PL ISSN 0045-9453 Czasopismo Geograficzne tom 87, zeszyt 2 Geographical Journal A C I N O L O P R. G O G E C SO POLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO GEOGRAFICZNE Warszawa 2016 czasopismo geograficzne POLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO GEOGRAFICZNE ∙ POLISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY geographical journal SPIS RZECZY Artykuły Gyuris F. Human Geography, Cartography, and Statis- tics: A Toolkit for Geopolitical Goals in Hungary until World War II. 3 Sobczyński M. Zmiany polityczno-terytorialne w dzie- jach Sri Lanki. 39 Kałuski S. Trójstyki granic politycznych. Zróżnicowanie cech i funkcji . 101 Figlus T. Trwałość dawnych granic politycznych w sferze morfogenetycznej osadnictwa wiejskiego w Polsce . 117 Majewska A. Tempel czy bóżnica? Współczesne oblicza synagog województwa śląskiego . 153 Piskorek M., Cegiełko Sz. Preferencje wyborcze studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego . 175 Kronika Reaktywacja Komisji Geografii Osadnictwa i Lud- ności PTG – P. Śleszyński . 195 P Ó Ł R O C Z N I K TOM VOLUME LXXXVII Idea i koncepcja Wirtualnego Archiwum Geogra- ficznego – P. Śleszyński . 198 ZESZYT PART 2 WARSZAWA 2016 Sprawozdanie z 12. Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej pt.: Przedsiębiorczość jako czynnik rozwoju układów lokalnych (Entrepreneurship as a Factor in the Development of Local Systems) oraz 8. Ogólnopolskiego Zjazdu Nauczycieli Przedsiębiorczości Kraków, 5-6 października 2015 roku – Ł. Quirini-Popławski, M. Semczuk . 200 Polsko-Francuski Kongres Geograficzny (2016) – I. Łęcka . 205 Geografia polityczna Polski – próba kartograficznej syntezy na progu XXI wieku (Atlas geografii politycz- nej Polski. Polska w świecie współczesnym – red. naukowy M. W. Solarz) – M. W. Solarz . 208 Informacje o konkursie „100-lecie PTG w 100 krajach” . 211 215 CONTENTS Papers Gyuris F. Human Geography, Cartography, and Statistics: A Toolkit for Geopolitical Goals in Hungary until World War II .
    [Show full text]