India's Maritime Trade Negotiations and an Insight into Admiralty Laws

Abstract

No nation is self-sufficient be it in terms of its resources or possessions. As such, activities of exchanges within nations are indispensable for mutual development. Clearly, trade and commerce have always been assistances to economic prosperity of a nation. Considering it from India's perspective, the country is well concentrating on trade via various modes. At this hour, it is imperative for the country to comprehend the strategic importance of maritime trade not just for its economic sustenance but also to position itself as an emerging economy in the Indo-Pacific zone. Moreover, the paper also highlights the status of marine connectivity in the North-Eastern region of the country through the Inland Waterway system. The study, simultaneously, aims to draw a brief note on some prominent admiralty laws governing the trade flow via waterways.