Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
3. The current global environment with its macroeconomic, trade and strategic challenges makes it all the more compelling for the world’s two largest democracies to deepen their engagement in a way that is mutually beneficial. Comment in the light Indo-U.S. relations. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Tough
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to India last week highlights the renewed focus in the U.S. on strengthening economic ties with Asia’s third-largest economy and ‘one of America’s indispensable partners’.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the scope of India–United States (US) relations – in spheres of defence, technology, etc especially in the present-day geopolitics.
Directive word:
Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving context regarding the growth of the India-U.S relationship in the recent past.
Body:
In the first part, write about the US as India’s most comprehensive strategic partner, and cooperation between the two extends across multiple areas such as trade, defense, multilateralism, intelligence, cyberspace, civil nuclear energy, education, and healthcare.
Next, write about the present day geo-political challenges and how both countries can navigate them and make an opportunity among them.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
