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प्रश्न
Write a short note on the role and the limitations of SAARC as a forum for facilitating economic cooperation among the South Asian countries.
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उत्तर
Role of SAARC :-
Role of SAARC can be identified as follows :-
- ‘South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation’ (SAARC) is a regional initiative among South Asian states to evolve cooperation since 1985 onwards.
- It consists of seven members to encourage mutual harmony and understanding.
- SAARC has initiated SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) to free trade zones for wThole south Asia for collective economic security.
- SAARC has projected on economic development of its member states to reduce their dependencies on the non-regional powers.
Limitations:-
SAARC is growing slowly due to political differences among its member states :-
- Only the conflicts led to bilateral issues as Kashmir problem between India and Pak.
- Some of the India’s neighbours fear that India intends to dominate them by influencing their societies and politics.
- SAARC members are from among the developing or least developing countries which creates insufficiency of funds.
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