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Importance of Chabahar Port for India — UPSC Prelims PYQ 2017

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What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India?

  1. India’s trade with African countries will enormously increase.
  2. India’s relations with oil-producing Arab countries will be strengthened.
  3. India will not depend on Pakistan for access to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
  4. Pakistan will facilitate and protect the installation of a gas pipeline between Iraq and India.

Explanation

Option (c) is correct
  • Chabahar Port will provide India with an alternative trade route to Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan, which denies India land access to these regions