Re-Energising Indias African Policy

Syllabus: Context: Africa is considered a foreign policy priority by india. even as the covid-19 era began in march 2020, new delhi took new initiatives to assist africa through prompt despatch of medicines and later vaccines. But now the policy implementation needs a critical review. Why india africa policy needs re-energizing: Decline in india-africa trade: according to the confederation of indian industry, in 2020-21, india’s exports to and imports from africa stood, respectively, at $27.7 billion and $28.2 billion, a reduction of 4.4% and 25% over the previous year. The bilateral trade valued at $55.9 billion in 2020-21, fell by....Read More