The Big Picture : India-China Pullback

India and China reached an agreement on disengagement of troops from the north and south banks of the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Under the agreement, both sides will cease their forward deployments in a phased, coordinated and verified manner in these areas. The defence minister assured the House that India has not conceded anything while entering into the disengagement process, adding there are "some outstanding issues" with regard to deployment and patrolling at some other points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh. The Chinese side will keep its troop presence in the North Bank area to east of Finger 8. Reciprocally, the Indian troops will be based at their permanent base near Finger 3. A similar action would be taken in the South Bank area by both sides. These are mutual and reciprocal steps and any structures that had been built by both sides since April 2020 in both North and South Bank areas will be removed. In this edition of the Big Picture we will analyse the India-China Pullback.

Anchor:- Frank Rausan Pereira

Producer:- Sagheer Ahmad


Guest Name:-

1- Jayadeva Ranade, President, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy

2- Manjeev Singh Puri, Former Ambassador

3- Maj. Gen. Ashwani Siwach (Retd.), Defence Analyst