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.