Looking East to Myanmar

The Union budget has given a fillip to India’s Look East policy, which holds immense strategic importance for the country besides giving a leg-up to the economic prosperity of the northeastern states of the country.
P Chidambaram said “combining the ‘Look East’ policy and the interests of the northeastern states, I propose to seek the assistance of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to build roads in the north-eastern states and connect them to Myanmar,” India’s Look East policy begins with Myanmar, which is coming out of international isolation.
New Delhi is keen on the India-Myanmar-Thailand highway, which would go a long way in East Asia integration.
India is also working on road and other connectivity projects in Myanmar that would connect it with the northeastern parts of India.