| Title: | 02: Email – India’s Asia Policy – A Late Look East |
| Author/s: | Archana Pandya and David M. Malone |
| Abstract: | Since the early 1990s, under the thrust of its 'Look East' policy, India's ties with its Asian neighbours to the East have expanded significantly. After briefly describing India's historical connections with East and Southeast Asia and their place in India's foreign policy thinking until the 1990s, this report details India's economic, political, geo-strategic, and 'soft-power' ties with the region since the end of the Cold War. Although India's concerted thrust eastward has resulted in a thicker web of interactions, its medium and long-term strategy towards the region and its individual countries remains tentative and is still evolving. Silent competition with China is often present. India has not yet made the best of its soft-power assets in the region and can do much more on this front. |
| Date: | 25 August 2010 |
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| Title: | 01 : Nuclear Power in India |
| Author/s: | Himanshu Vishnoi and S. Narayan |
| Abstract: | Nuclear power supplied 4,340 MW (2.8%) out of 1,57,230 MW of India's electricity in 2009-10 as on 31 January 2010, and this will increase steadily as imported uranium becomes available and new plants come on line. Some 300 reactor-years of operation had been achieved by mid 2009. India's fuel situation, with shortage of fossil fuels, is driving the nuclear investment for electricity. Since 2004, the target for nuclear power has been to provide 20 GW by 2020. In 2007, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referred to this as "modest" and capable of being "doubled with the opening up of international cooperation." However, it is evident that even the 20 GW target will require substantial uranium imports. Late in 2008, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) projected 22 GW on line by 2015, and the government was talking about having 50 GW of nuclear power operating by 2050. In June 2009, the NPCIL said it aimed for 63 GW nuclear by 2032, including 40 GW of Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) capacity and 7 GW of new Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) capacity, all fuelled by imported uranium. |
| Date: | 16 April 2010 |
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