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India’s vulnerability to maritime choke-points has increased sharply over time due to geopolitical tensions. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Transport, Communication and Trade

About 95% of India's foreign trade by volume and 70% by value moves by sea through narrow gates that geology, not policy, placed around the Indian Ocean.

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  • The claim rests on a physical fact before a political one
  • The gates that matter to India
  • Why vulnerability has risen
  • The counter-evidence
  • Verdict

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