Abstract
India’s northeastern states are strategically important and are endowed with reserves of a variety of natural resources such as uranium, coal, hydrocarbons, forests, oil, and gas. However, among the biggest challenges the region faces, is connectivity. To resolve the issue, two years ago, New Delhi, during Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe’s New Delhi visit as the Chief Guest of India’s 65th Republic Day Parade, invited Tokyo to invest in and build overland infrastructure in the country’s northern states.
 
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