prospects of SAARC ?
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trade among SAARC countries is yet to reach 5% of their total trade. Hence, there remains a huge scope for strengthening trade relations. Various bilateral agreements, elimination of protectionist policies and reduction in custom duties would be seen in future for improvement of trade relations.
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The notion of regional cooperation in South Asia is an odd one. After all, this is one region of the world that has witnessed not only its fair share of intra-state conflict but four wars of some consequence. (I am referring to the three Indo-Pakistani conflicts of 1947–48, 1965 and 1971 and the Sino-Indian border war of 1962.) The states in the region have had varying degrees of difficulty in promoting national integration. From the time of their independence in 1947, India and Pakistan have sought to integrate the state of Kashmir. India also had to resort to force in 1947 to integrate the two former princely states of Hyderabad and Junagadh. Later, when negotiations failed, India again resorted to force to evict the last outpost of Portuguese colonialism in Goa in 1961. More recently, India has been faced with a series of autonomist movements in its northeast, where Naga and Mizo rebels have challenged the extension of state authority. These conflicts have all but subsided. However, other and indeed worse problems — those of the Punjab and Kashmir — threaten Indian unity.
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