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With reference to international boundaries of India, discuss the related issues, giving suitable examples. 

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UPSC CSE 2025 (Prelims) CSAT Official Paper (25-May-2025)

India’s international boundaries—high mountains, riverine plains, marshes, and seas—generate diverse geopolitical and management issues.

Unsettled/contested segments: Along the LAC with China, differing perceptions in western (Ladakh) and eastern sectors (Arunachal Pradesh) cause patrol face-offs and militarization. With Pakistan, the LoC witnesses ceasefire violations; the Sir Creek marshland dispute and undefined glacier line on the Siachen heights persist.

Resolved yet porous segments: With Bangladesh, the land boundary is settled, but riverine shifts, cross-border movement, trafficking, cattle smuggling, and migration pressures remain; embankment breaches and char land dynamics complicate policing. With Nepal, cartographic differences at Kalapani–Lipulekh and Susta surface periodically, intertwined with open-border livelihoods. With Myanmar, insurgent movement, arms trafficking, and the Free Movement Regime challenge security–community balances. Ties with Bhutan are stable but require coordinated border management; with Sri Lanka, fishermen conflicts in Palk Bay over bottom trawling and maritime boundaries cause recurring arrests and tensions.

Common operational issues: difficult terrain and weather (Himalaya), shifting river channels altering ground realities, incomplete fencing or surveillance, human security (refugees, disaster displacement), and development deficits in borderlands. Environmental concerns—glacier ecology, wetland conservation, mangroves—intersect with security infrastructure.

Addressing these requires calibrated diplomacy, joint border mechanisms, modern surveillance and all-weather infrastructure, livelihood-sensitive policing (especially for fishers and border communities), and ecological safeguards. Stable, humane, and climate-aware border governance lowers friction and builds trust with neighbors.

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