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Sri Lankan President cites India's Katchatheevu stance
খবরে কেন?
Which strait holds Katchatheevu? The 1974 and 1976 agreements GS-II neighbour questions test
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said India has acknowledged before its Supreme Court that Katchatheevu belongs to Sri Lanka.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said India has acknowledged before its Supreme Court that Katchatheevu belongs to Sri Lanka.
India's Attorney General R.
Venkataramani told the court that India does not intend to reopen the 1974 and 1976 Katchatheevu agreements with Sri Lanka.
The island lies in the Palk Strait.
সূত্র: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
মূল তথ্য
Remember these
- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said India has acknowledged before its Supreme Court that Katchatheevu belongs to Sri Lanka.
- India's Attorney General R. Venkataramani told the court India does not intend to reopen the 1974 and 1976 agreements.
- Katchatheevu is an island in the Palk Strait, between Rameswaram (India) and the Jaffna peninsula (Sri Lanka).
- The 1974 and 1976 agreements settled the India-Sri Lanka maritime boundary in the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar region.
প্রিলিমস · মেইনস
How the exam will ask it
প্রিলিমস
- Katchatheevu lies in the Palk Strait, which separates Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka.
- The 1974 and 1976 India-Sri Lanka agreements dealt with the maritime boundary between the two countries.
- The Palk Strait connects the Bay of Bengal with the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar lies to its south.
মেইনস
GS-II (India and neighbours): The Katchatheevu issue links the 1974 and 1976 boundary agreements to fishermen's livelihoods in Tamil Nadu and bilateral ties with Sri Lanka. India's stated position before the Supreme Court that it will not reopen the agreements signals continuity in policy. The way forward lies in fisheries cooperation, joint working groups and humane handling of fishermen arrests rather than reopening settled boundaries.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Katchatheevu, whose 1974 and 1976 agreements between India and Sri Lanka were recently in the news, lies in which water body?
- Palk Strait
- Gulf of Mannar
- Strait of Malacca
- Gulf of Khambhat
উত্তর দেখুন
উত্তর: A — Katchatheevu lies in the Palk Strait; the 1974 and 1976 agreements settled the maritime boundary with Sri Lanka.
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