Category: Study Materials

GIM is one of the eight missions launched under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).

The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a transnational body comprised of nuclear supplier countries that aim to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons by curbing the export of nuclear weapons development materials and related technology.

The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) is an international body comprising the coastal countries that border the Indian Ocean.

Aim: Restoring the ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover & water through watershed management initiatives.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is an intergovernmental military alliance (six countries) that came into effect in 2002. Its’ origin can be traced to the Collective Security Treaty, 1992 (Tashkent Treaty).

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, previously known as the Organization of The Islamic Conference is an international organisation of Muslim countries.

APEC or the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation was established in 1989 as a regional economic forum to promote sustainable growth and better economic relations among the member countries or economies.

SAARC stands for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, is an intergovernmental organization for the development of economic and regional integration. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and political organization of 8 countries in South Asia.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN is an organisation formed by the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore in 1967 to promote economic growth, peace, security, social progress and cultural development in the Southeast Asian region.

The BIMSTEC states are those which are on the shore or are adjacent to the Bay of Bengal and are dependent on it. It was formed on 6th of June 1997, through the Bangkok declaration and is headquartered at Dhaka in Bangladesh.

OPEC is an acronym for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. It is a permanent, intergovernmental organization, created at the Baghdad Conference in September 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Project Elephant: Launched in 1992 
Aim: To provide financial and technical support to wildlife management efforts by states for their free ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.