Golden Chapter Continues

Context:

The last decades have been the best period in India and Bangladesh relationship, which has also been noted as “Shonali Adhhaye” (golden chapter), indicating promising future prospects.

Stability in Relationship:

• The stability in the relationship remained in a robust state despite the external turmoil.
• Areas of disagreement have not been allowed to upset the broad positive trend in the relationship, which exemplifies the maturity of leadership

Milestones in Bilateral Ties:

• Comprehensive Framework of Cooperation: The Comprehensive Framework of Cooperation facilitated the grant of duty-free access to Bangladesh’s exports to India in 2011.
• “Friendship” pipeline from Assam’s Numaligarh refinery is nearing completion and will deliver petroleum products to Parbatipur in Bangladesh
• Water-sharing: Agreement on the water-sharing formula for the river Kushyara that flows into Bangladesh from Assam’s Silchar district. Discussions are under the finalization of the temporary water sharing accord on the Feni River.
• Credit: $8 billion Line of Credit (LoC) has been extended to Bangladesh, including $500 million for defense-related procurement. This reduced the dependency on Chinese military hardware.