India’s Growing Visibility in Central Asia

... sets different tasks. There is an urgent need to implement trilateral projects (India–Russia–a Central Asian state) in the areas of resource development, renewable energy, and new technologies. Such initiatives would give additional momentum to the INSTC project by strengthening the internal incentives for expanding investment in transport infrastructure. In the absence of meaningful commercial interests, the creation of a Eurasian transport corridor is difficult to achieve. For India, participation in any overseas project must serve the goals of national economic development and improving the well-being of its citizens. At present, the level of India–Russia overland ...