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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
        