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New Delhi will have to walk a fine line between developing India’s border infrastructure on the one hand and assuaging Beijing’s border sensibilities on the other | Photo: Ajai Shukla
Echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stated commitment to holistic development of villages located close to the Sino-Indian border, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has described these villages as not just remote habitations but also the country’s first line of defence.
Addressing a Border Area Development Conclave in New Delhi on September 11, Singh said the best way of dealing with the multiple challenges posed by India’s geo-strategic location was to ensure border area development.
In underlining the role of border villages as custodians of India’s frontiers, New Delhi is following the example of China in Tibet, where President
