Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET Nov 2021 Political Science
In India's foreign policy, the 'Indira Doctrine' is related to which of the following?
- 1. It aims to make India a global power.
- 2. It is a policy to develop cooperation with neighbours.
- 3. It equates India's security with that of South Asia.
- 4. Any interference in the South Asian region will be considered a threat to India's security.
A1 and 2
B1 and 4
C2 and 3
D3 and 4 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 3 and 4 — Statements 3 and 4 capture the doctrine, so the answer is 3 and 4.
Explanation
★Statements 3 and 4 capture the doctrine, so the answer is 3 and 4.
★The Indira Doctrine, articulated under Indira Gandhi, treated South Asia as India's exclusive sphere of influence.
★It equated India's own security with the security of the South Asian region as a whole, making statement 3 correct.
★It warned that any outside power's interference in the neighbourhood would be read as a direct threat to India, validating statement 4.
★It sought to dissuade extra-regional powers, especially those with anti-Indian agendas, from gaining a foothold in South Asia.
★India's military was projected as both a deterrent and an interventionist tool, seen in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation and the merger of Sikkim.
★Statement 1 is wrong because the doctrine was about regional primacy, not global-power ambition; statement 2 misreads it as mere neighbourly cooperation.
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