What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India ?

Records an MoU between India and Iran (2015) for development of Chabahar — an explicit government initiative linking India to that port.

A student could map Chabahar's location and existing shipping routes to see whether a developed Chabahar creates a shorter/feasible route to African ports compared with current Indian ports.

States ports on key international maritime trade routes and strategic location drive port-led development (Sagarmala objective).

Use a world map to check whether Chabahar lies on or near major India–Africa maritime routes and infer potential trade-route advantages.

Gives a trade rule: flows are proportional to GDP and inversely proportional to distance (distance as proxy for trade costs).

Combine this with distances from Indian ports and Chabahar to major African markets to estimate whether distance-related trade costs might fall enough to boost trade.

Notes that port development alone can be undermined by poor road/rail connectivity to hinterlands, reducing export competitiveness.

Assess land/rail links from Chabahar to Indian production centers and corridors (or to Afghanistan/Central Asia) to judge whether connectivity limits or enables increased Africa-bound trade.

States that ~95% of India's trade by volume moves by sea and India has a long coastline; maritime infrastructure therefore strongly affects trade capacity.

Estimate share of India–Africa trade shipped by sea and consider whether adding Chabahar increases overall maritime capacity or just reroutes existing flows.

Records an MoU between India and Iran (2015) for development of Chabahar Port — evidence of India pursuing port projects in Iran that alter regional infrastructure balance.

A student could use this to infer that India's presence at Chabahar may prompt neighbouring states to react strategically (seek counter-measures or alternate routes) and then check maps/alliances to see plausible responses from Pakistan.

Describes Pakistan's involvement with Gwadar as part of CPEC and China–Pakistan economic cooperation — an example of a rival state developing/protecting a strategic port corridor.

One could extend this pattern (rivals building/defending ports with external partners) to judge whether Pakistan might similarly engage to influence regional energy routes like an Iraq–India pipeline.

Shows India has developed long cross‑country gas pipelines (e.g., HVJ) and is expanding a national gas grid — indicating strong domestic demand and capacity to absorb external gas supplies.

A student could combine this with geography (location of India’s gas markets) to assess whether an Iraq–India pipeline would be attractive enough to motivate regional actors to support or oppose its transit.

Gives concrete example of India's longest HBJ/HVJ gas pipeline that traverses many states and links supply to industry — showing India's institutional capability to receive and distribute pipeline gas.

Use this example plus maps of pipeline routes and transit geography to evaluate technical feasibility and which countries' cooperation (or opposition) would be necessary for an Iraq–India pipeline.

Notes historical energy ties and shifting relations between India and Iran (Iran supplying crude to India) — illustrating that energy projects influence bilateral relations in the region.

A student could combine this with current geopolitical alignments to judge whether Pakistan might respond to India–Iran energy cooperation by facilitating alternate regional energy links or countering them.