Volume III, Issue 2 | - February 2022

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] Both sides agreed not to attack each other until the second round of negotiations was held.17 The NRF leaders wish to discuss the structure of the government while the Taliban are narrowly focused on resistance activity in the Panjshir Valley. [...] The capital budget of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been increased by 40% to Rs 3,500 crore compared to Rs 2,500 crore in the last financial year.45 In the last few years, the allocation of funds to the BRO has seen an upward rise as the government focuses on improving the road network leading to the LAC. [...] India has consistently stood for a peaceful resolution of the territorial and maritime disputes in the area, and has consistently urged the implementation of the PCA ruling of 2016. [...] Source DNA In a positive development, the “Joint Statement on Quad Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific”69 issued at the end of the Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting held in Melbourne, Australia on February 11, 2022, included a full paragraph on counter terrorism and completely upheld the Indian position on the subject.