Topic: India and its neighborhood- relations.
2. Examine the implications of China’s debt trap diplomacy on India and its neighbourhood. How can India offset the instability created by the Chinese foreign debt? (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: The Hindu , Insights on India
Why the question:
As Sri Lanka works hard to obtain financing assurances from its diverse creditors — a pre-requisite for the provisional $2.9 billion-IMF package — the loans obtained from China, the island nation’s largest bilateral lender, have come under sharp focus.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about implications of China’s debt trap diplomacy and measures needed against it.
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 defining debt trap diplomacy.
Body:
In the first part, write about how debt trap diplomacy and the country get financially trapped. Cite examples to substantiate.
Next, write about the implications of debt trap diplomacy on India – Proxy government, hostile neighbours, threats to India’s internal security.
Next, write about the implications of debt trap diplomacy on India – violations of sovereignty, neo-colonialism, loss of economic independence, crisis and instability. Cite examples to substantiate.
Next, write about the measures that India must take in order to offset the impact of the above.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
