The forthcoming and maiden Maritime India Summit in Mumbai on 14-16 April provides an appropriate backdrop to discuss a dilemma which will increasingly confront policymakers and money-managers in New Delhi. The answer to this will have an impact on India’s regional engagement in general, and in the development of its domestic infrastructure in particular. Nothing illustrates this better than the economic and diplomatic investments planned for project Sagarmala and the initiative of SAGAR (Security And Growth for All in the Region).
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