Originally Posted by
bollyfan
Of course there are. The implementation of the "Look East" policy in recent years has been poor. Central Asian countries ("stans") are slipping out of India's sphere of influence.. Even more worrying, Sri Lanka and Maldives are too.
What do you think we are ? China ?
Anyway, looking east and north is all well and good. But we need to look within first, and then worry about the rest.
In any event, with the reality of India in mind, there needs to be a viable plan first, followed by a lot of other work before forcing anyone to start flights between Solapur and Samarkand. And if that other work were successful, the market would respond on its own. We are not a communist state.