PM’s 10-Point Plan at 21st ASEAN-India Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced a 10-point plan in keeping with the theme of “Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience” at the 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

The 10 points included:

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i) Celebrating the year 2025 as ASEAN-India Year of Tourism for which India would make available USD 5 million towards joint activities;

ii) To celebrate a decade of Act East Policy through several people centric activities including Youth Summit, Start-up Festival, Hackathon, Music Festival, ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks and Delhi Dialogue;

iii) To organise ASEAN-India Women Scientists Conclave under ASEAN-India Science and Technology Development Fund;

iv) Doubling the number of scholarships at Nalanda University and provision of new scholarships for ASEAN students at Agricultural Universities in India;

v) Review of ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement by 2025;

vi) Enhancing Disaster Resilience for which India would make available USD 5 million;

vii) Initiate a new Health Ministers’ track towards building Health Resilience;

viii) Initiate a regular mechanism of ASEAN-India Cyber Policy Dialogue towards strengthening Digital and Cyber Resilience;

ix) Workshop on Green Hydrogen; and

x) Invited ASEAN Leaders to join ‘Plant a Tree for Mother’ campaign towards building climate resilience.