Study Material on Contemporary Issues for UPSC Exams: India and World Organizations

Study Material on Contemporary Issues for UPSC Exams: India and World Organizations

Contents

ANDEAN COMMUNITY (CAN)

• Important Institutional Bodies within the Andean Community
• Market
• Free Flow of People
• CAN and Mercosur
• Bimstec
• Transport and Communications (India)
• Tourism (India)
• Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC)
• Environment and Disaster Management
• Trade & Investment (Bangladesh)
• Cultural Cooperation (Bhutan)
• Energy (Myanmar)
• Agriculture (Myanmar)
• Poverty Alleviation (Nepal)
• Technology (Sri Lanka)
• Fisheries (Thailand)
• Public Health (Thailand)

BRICS [BRAZIL, RUSSIA, INDIA, CHINA AND SOUTH AFRICA]

• Expansion of BRIC into BRICS
• First Summit, Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 2009
• Second BRIC Summit, Brasilia, April 2010
• Third BRIC (and first BRICS) Summit, Sanya, China, April 2011
• Fourth BRICS Summit, Delhi, 29 March 2012
• Fifth Summit: Durban, South Africa, 27 March 2013
• Consultations of BRICS Leaders on the Margins of G-20 Summits
• Foreign Ministers’ Meetings
• Finance/Economic Ministers’ Meetings
• High Representatives on National Security
• Agriculture Ministers’ Meetings
• Trade Ministers’ Meetings
• Health Ministers’ Meetings
• Competition Authorities
• Inter-Bank Cooperation
• BRICS led New Development Bank
• Statistical Organizations
• Academic Forum (Track-II)
• BRICS Think Tanks Council
• Business Forum & Business Council
• BRICS Economic Research Group
• BRICS Study

MEKONG-GANGA COOPERATION (MGC)

CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION SYSTEM (SICA)

• Background
• Objectives of SICA
• Principles of SICA

INDIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH

• Background
• Significance of the Commonwealth for India
• India’s Present Contributions

INDIA-UNITED NATIONS RELATIONS

• Human Rights
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Commission on Science, Technology and Development
• Group of Fifteen (G-15)
• International Trade Centre (ITC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cross Societies (IFRC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)

GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC)

• Background and Objectives
• GCC Summit Meeting
• GCC Monetary Union
• India and GCC: Contours of Cooperation
• Economic and Commercial Relations
• Strategic Relations
• India-GCC Industrial Conference
• India-GCC FTA
• India-GCC Political Dialogue

INDIA-EU RELATIONS

• Political Dialogue
• Parliamentary Interaction
• Economic & Commercial Relations
• Civil Society, Cultural & Educational Contacts
• Bilateral Agreements

INDIA-ARAB RELATIONS

• Institutional Relationship
• Visits

INDIA- ASEAN RELATIONS

INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION (IORARC)

SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC)

• Background of SADC
• Objective
• SADC Structure and Decision-making Procedures
• Summits
• Challenges Facing Member Countries
• India - SADC Cooperation

THE GROUP OF TWENTY (G20)

• Introduction
• Origin and Evolution
• Organizational Structure of G20
• G20 Leaders Summits
• India and G-20

India and SCO - Future Prospects

• Challenges and Opportunities
• Connectivity
• Conclusion

Brexit: Does it matter for India?

• Key Debates
• BREXIT and India
• Conclusion

Act East Policy and the CLMV Countries

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