India’s Neighbourhood Policy during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government

Abstract

Neighbourhood policy assumes a basic part and is an imperative part of a foreign strategy of a nation. It has a prime hugeness in describing the crucial national and security interests of a nation. India has close authentic, religious, financial, ethnic and semantic association with every neighbouring state. India’s relations with its neighbours, therefore, constitute a critical component of its foreign policy. Amid the UPA government, the expansive methodology of India's foreign policy towards its neighbours was to keep up serene and amicable relations with all. The UPA Government came out with a foreign policy which was purposeful, result-oriented and pro-active by giving high priority to relations with all its neighbours. The essential goal of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Government was to enhance the worldwide and territorial environment for maintaining India's development procedure and general advancement.
KEYWORDS: India; Neighbourhood; UPA Government; South Asia