India's Membership in International Organisations

SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional cooperation

Established-1985
Its Secretariat is headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal.The organization promotes development of economic and regional integration
1st SAARC Summit was held on 8th Dec 1985Present secretary general-Amjad B. Hussain of Pakistan
Official language- English
SAARC comprises 3% of the world's area, 21% of the world's population and 3.8% (US$2.9 trillion) of the global economy, as of 2015.
Members: At present there are 8 members.

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Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are founder members of SAARC. In 2007, Afghanistan was granted full membership.
Observes: There are 9 states having observer status of SAARC. They are
Australia, China, the European Union (EU), Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar, South Korea and the United States.

BRICS is an annual meeting of five countries.
In 2006, Brazil, Russia, India and China began a regular informal diplomatic coordination initiative, with annual meetings of Foreign Ministers at the margins of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). This successful interaction led to the decision that the dialogue was to be carried out at the level of Heads of State and Government in annual Summits.
The First BRIC Summit was held in Yekaterinburg (Russia) in 2009.
The depth and scope of the dialogue among the Members of BRIC group – which became BRICS in 2011 with the inclusion of South Africa
BRICS nations collectively account for 43% of the world population, with around 25% of the world’s total land area and close to 30 % of the GDP with around 17 % share in the world trade.

It is formed by the member countries dependent on Bay of Bengal
It was established on 6th June 1997
BIMSTEC is an outcome of Bangkok declaration
Headquarters of BIMSTEC-Dhaka
Member countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal

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IBSA Dialogue Forum for India, Brazil and South Africa
The forum provides the three countries with a platform to engage in discussions for cooperation in the field of agriculture, trade, culture, and defence among others.

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It is an international organisation consisting of coastal states bordering the Indian Ocean
Headquarters of IORA- Ebene cyber city, Mauritius
Presently it has 21 members
Present secretary general- K V Bhagirath from India
It is established on 6th March 1997

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G-20 is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors of 20 countries (19 countries + European union)
It was established in 1999
G20 aims to discuss policy pertaining to the promotion of international financial stability.
The main purpose of G-20 Bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy
G20 economies account for 80% of world trade, two-thirds of the world population, and approximately half of the world land area.
In 2017 G-20 summit was held in Hamburg in Germany
In 2019 G-20 summit will be held in Tokyo (Japan)

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