In the past two years, India has been working not only to Look to its eastern neighbours but to Act with them, too. Indeed, the government’s ‘Act East Policy’ has taken positive steps towards building closer relationships with India’s partners. But how different has the policy been from its predecessor, the Look East Policy? This paper examines the motivations for launching the Act East Policy and what it has accomplished so far. It also describes the imperatives of the future, if the policy is to deliver the desired results in promoting India’s interests in the strategic, security, economic and cultural spheres, in the region and beyond.