**5. Conclusion**

The neo-tectonic cycle is active on the Indian Plate due to present plate motion and related tectonic movements. It is manifested as structural inversion of the rifted structures, rejuvenation and modification of the existing structures by upthrust and transpressional forces, continued subduction at the collision fronts, and uplift of the crustal blocks in the exposed shield region. The structural stress is the compressive force being generated by the north-eastward ridge-push from the Carlsberg Ridge and the southwestward back-thrust from the collision front on the north.

The major plate motions are, north and northeastward underthrusting of the Indian plate below the Eurasian plate, transform movement with respect to Afghan and Burmese plates, and anti-clockwise rotation due to ridge-push from Carlsberg ridge and slab-pull from the Andaman-Sumatran trench (**Figures 1** and **5**). Intra-plate movements, mainly strike-slip in response to horizontal stress due to drift motion, are controlled by the three main ocean to continent mega-shear zones.

Several tectonic zones (**Figure 1**) were created by the above-mentioned plate dynamics along the periphery of the plate with varying stress kinematics – Himalayan TZ in the north, Baluchistan-Afghan TZ on the northwest, Assam-Arakan TZ on the NE, and Gujarat TZ in the west. Reactivation along the paleo-suture activated the mid-plate SONATA TZ. All these resurgent tectonic zones are presently active seismic zones and sites for several disastrous earthquakes. The Gujarat and SONATA TZs are more active seismic zones for the SCR earthquakes in India.

*Intra-Plate Dynamics and Active Tectonic Zones of the Indian Plate DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.105647*
