New Delhi: Following are the 12 fresh proposals announced by India to improve ties with Pakistan:

1. Restoration of cricketing and other sporting links.

2. Launching of a bus service between Srinagar and Muzzaffarabad in Pak-occupied Kashmir.

3. Holding of second round of talks for restoration of air links and over-flights.

4. Discuss resumption of rail links after aviation talks and increasing the capacity of Delhi-Lahore bus service.

5. Setting up of links between the coast guards of the two countries on the pattern of Directors General of Military operations.

6. Stop arresting of fishermen within certain specified areas in the Arabian Sea.

7. Issue visas in cities other than New Delhi and Islamabad.

8. Permit citizens above 65 years to cross Wagah border on foot.

9 . Launching of ferry service between Mumbai and Karachi.

10. Bus or rail link between Khokrapar in Rajasthan and Munnabao in Pakistan's Sindh province.

11. Free medical treatment for 20 more ailing Pakistani children in India.

12. Mutual increase in the staff strength of respective High Commissions in Delhi and Islamabad.

PTI