India and China signed Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA). The agreement on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) involves:
India and China signed Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA). The agreement on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) involves:
The correct option is D 1,2 and 4 only
Border Defence Cooperation Agreement was signed after the PLA’s Ladakh intrusion. It rests on the premise that one side will not follow or tail patrols of the other side in border areas where there is no common understanding. Thus, Indian side has to physically monitor the entire LAC and without leaving any gaps. This has put pressure on manpower, annual
defence spending and military modernisation. PLA vacated Depsang only when New Delhi agreed to sign the BDCA. India has now reduced its patrolling limit in Depsang which has resulted in a new de facto LAC
The two sides shall implement border defence cooperation in the following ways:
- Exchange information-including information about military exercises, aircrafts, demolition operations and unmarked mines-and take consequent measures conducive to the maintenance of peace, stability and tranquility along the line of actual control in the India-China border areas,
- Jointly combat smuggling of arms, wildlife, wildlife articles and other contrabands,
- Assist the other side in locating personnel, livestock, means of transport and aerial vehicles that may have crossed or are possibly in the process of crossing the line of actual control in the India-China border areas,
- Work with the other side in combating natural disasters or infectious diseases that may affect or spread to the other side,
- Any other way mutually agreed upon by the two sides.
- Flag meetings or border personnel meetings at designated places along the line of actual control in the India-China border areas.
1,2 and 4 only
Border Defence Cooperation Agreement was signed after the PLA’s Ladakh intrusion. It rests on the premise that one side will not follow or tail patrols of the other side in border areas where there is no common understanding. Thus, Indian side has to physically monitor the entire LAC and without leaving any gaps. This has put pressure on manpower, annual
defence spending and military modernisation. PLA vacated Depsang only when New Delhi agreed to sign the BDCA. India has now reduced its patrolling limit in Depsang which has resulted in a new de facto LAC
The two sides shall implement border defence cooperation in the following ways:
- Exchange information-including information about military exercises, aircrafts, demolition operations and unmarked mines-and take consequent measures conducive to the maintenance of peace, stability and tranquility along the line of actual control in the India-China border areas,
- Jointly combat smuggling of arms, wildlife, wildlife articles and other contrabands,
- Assist the other side in locating personnel, livestock, means of transport and aerial vehicles that may have crossed or are possibly in the process of crossing the line of actual control in the India-China border areas,
- Work with the other side in combating natural disasters or infectious diseases that may affect or spread to the other side,
- Any other way mutually agreed upon by the two sides.
- Flag meetings or border personnel meetings at designated places along the line of actual control in the India-China border areas.
