India- China Relationship
The committee specifically emphasized that the government should make a deep assessment of the relationship between India and China so as to form a national consensus on how China should be treated. The major observations and recommendations made by the committee are as follows: One Belt One Road Initiative: One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is a China infrastructure project, which includes the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor- CPEC. The committee noted in its report that CPEC is not acceptable to India as it passes through Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), which is a violation of India's territorial integrity. The committee has praised India's attitude of strongly rejecting the OBOR initiative proposed by China. It recommended that India should promote its own connectivity projects under various initiatives in response to the OBOR initiative. Apart from this, the committee has also suggested that India aided the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (BRICS Development ...