Perspectives on Bilateral and Regional Cooperation: South and Central Asia SUB Hamburg Editors Rashpal Malhotra Sucha Singh Gill Neetu Gaur CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (CRRID) CHANDIGARH, INDIA
Contents Page no. 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, Shri Pranab Mukherjee (March 2012) Remarks by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Punjab, Shri S Parkash Singh Badal (October 2012) Statement by the Special Secretary (PD), MEA, Shri Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty (October 2012) ix xiii xv Introduction Section I: Perspectives on Cooperation India's Engagement with the 'Heartland' Anita Sengupta Perspectives on India-Kazakhstan Relations: Challenges and Opportunities Ashok Sajjanhar Perspectives of the Kyrgyz-Indian Partnership in IT Industry Nazirzhon Nazarov A Bumpy Road to Cooperation in South Asia Bharat Wariavwalla Eurasian Union: Substance and the Subtext Gulshan Dietl 19 39 47 61 69
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 ; Aijez A Wani and Inam Ul Rehman ' Central Asia's Role in Reconstruction of Afghanistan Ambrish Dhaka India's Role in Mongolia's Third Neighbour Policy Muhammad Rafiuddin Makhdumi Emergence of Political Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia Kuldip Singh and Charanjeet Kaur Problems and Prospects of Water Management as a Blue Diplomacy for Green Economy Development in Central Asia Ashu Pasricha and Kiyanoush Ghalavand 251 261 275 285 295 Section V: Socio-Cultural Linkages Globalisation and Socio-Cultural Linkages: A Case Study of Indian Diaspora with Special Focus on Central Asia Manzoor Hussain Contemporary Discourse on Ethno-national Processes in the Context of Central Asia Murat M Bakhadirov Cultural Interaction between India and Central Asia: Studying the Role of Islam G N Khaki A Sociological Appraisal of Migration in Central Asia: Impact on the Well Being of Women in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan Tareak A Rather. Possibilities of Reinventing Diasporic Connections with Central Asia: Reflections Through History V JVarghese Matrix of National Initiatives: Perspective on Cross Leveraging India and Uzbekistan Relations Bilal Bhat The Challenges and Prospects for the Regional Cooperation with India: Nation Building in Central Asia Sunatullo Jonboboev A Database on Central Asia Rajlaxmi Dash 309 319 325 337 345 359 367 393
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 Contributors 3