SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 17 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 9 of 100

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Which of the following best reflects India’s operational and diplomatic approach to boundary demarcation with Myanmar amidst recent local protests over fencing?

(a)India invoked a 1987 treaty and BIMSTEC arbitration to settle boundary pillar disputes.
(b)India and Myanmar conduct joint surveys and proposed a Joint Boundary Working Group.
(c)India halted border fencing to avoid ASEAN trade disruptions.
(d)India dismissed protests and assigned border oversight to AFSPA tribunals.

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Where fencing meets disputed boundary pillars, India has turned to joint work with Myanmar rather than acting alone.

In 2022, amid protests in Manipur over the boundary pillars, the Ministry of External Affairs sought a joint survey of the disputed areas.

It also asked Myanmar to convene the Joint Boundary Working Group, so survey teams from both countries could visit the sites: option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
India invoked a 1987 treaty and BIMSTEC arbitration to settle boundary pillar disputes. — The boundary rests on a 1967 agreement, not a 1987 treaty, and BIMSTEC is a sectoral cooperation grouping of Bay of Bengal states, not a boundary tribunal.
(c)
India halted border fencing to avoid ASEAN trade disruptions. — India did not halt the fencing. In 2024 the Centre approved funds to fence the border, and the work went on through the protests.
(d)
India dismissed protests and assigned border oversight to AFSPA tribunals. — There are no 'AFSPA tribunals': AFSPA gives the armed forces special powers in disturbed areas and creates no courts. The Myanmar border is guarded by the Assam Rifles.

Concept

India and Myanmar share a 1,643 km land border along Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. It was settled by a 1967 boundary agreement, but the two sides still disagree over where several boundary pillars stand along the Kabaw Valley.

Fencing has drawn protest on two fronts: disputes over where the pillars stand in Manipur, and objections in Mizoram and Nagaland that a fence splits communities with kin across the border.

The joint-survey request on record comes from Manipur in 2022. The stem's 'recent protests' may point to that episode or to later ones in Mizoram and Nagaland.

Key facts

India and Myanmar share a 1,643 km border touching Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
The India–Myanmar boundary was settled by an agreement of 1967.
In 2022 the MEA asked Myanmar to convene the Joint Boundary Working Group so joint survey teams could visit disputed pillar sites.
The Assam Rifles guard the India–Myanmar border.

Study next

Free Movement Regime on the India–Myanmar borderIndia–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and the Kaladan projectBorder guarding forces: BSF, ITBP, SSB, Assam Rifles

Common traps

Falling for the treaty year: the boundary agreement is of 1967, not 1987.
Treating BIMSTEC or ASEAN as a dispute-settlement body: India and Myanmar handle boundary work bilaterally.

Here the options mix a real diplomatic step with false claims. India–Myanmar connectivity also appears at 15 Sep 2025, 12:30, GA Q.8 (the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway).

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