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Regional and Plurilateral Groupings Involving India

21 micro topics in International Relations & Places in News for UPSC Prelims, in book order: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC); Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC); and 19 more.

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SAARC, was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985 to promote economic and social cooperation among South Asian states. It has eight members, a secretariat in Kathmandu and a…
4.2

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, BIMSTEC, links seven countries of the Bay of Bengal region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It was founded in 1997 and…
4.3

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India's Dialogue Partnership

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, was founded on 8 August 1967 through the Bangkok Declaration by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It now has eleven members, with Timor-Leste admitted in October 2025,…
4.4

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO, is a Eurasian political, economic and security grouping founded in 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, growing from the Shanghai Five of 1996. India and Pakistan became full…
4.5

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD)

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Quad, is a strategic forum of India, the United States, Japan and Australia that works on a free and open Indo-Pacific. It began with a tsunami relief core group in 2004 and…
4.6

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and BRICS Expansion

BRICS is a grouping of major emerging economies that began as BRIC, a term coined by economist Jim O'Neill in 2001, with Brazil, Russia, India and China, and South Africa joined in 2010. It expanded in…
4.7

Group of 20 (G20) and India's G20 Presidency

The Group of 20, G20, is the main forum for international economic cooperation, made up of 19 countries, the European Union and, since 2023, the African Union. It began in 1999 after the Asian financial crisis…
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Group of 7 (G7) and India's Outreach Engagement

The Group of Seven, G7, is an informal club of the advanced democracies United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada, with the European Union attending as a non-enumerated member. It began in 1975…
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Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)

The Indian Ocean Rim Association, IORA, is an inter-governmental organisation of countries around the Indian Ocean, set up in 1997 as the Indian Ocean Rim Initiative for Regional Cooperation and renamed IORA in 2013. It has…
4.10

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 independent states, most of them former territories of the British Empire, with a combined population of about 2.7 billion people. It grew from the Statute of…
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Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

The Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, is a grouping of 120 developing countries that follow a foreign policy of not joining any major power bloc. It was founded at the Belgrade summit in 1961 by Jawaharlal Nehru of…
4.12

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, IPEF, is an economic initiative launched by the United States at Tokyo on 23 May 2022 with 13 partners, later 14 members including Fiji. It is not a free trade…
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International Solar Alliance (ISA)

The International Solar Alliance, ISA, is a treaty-based international organisation, with its headquarters in Gurugram, Haryana, that promotes solar energy deployment, especially in the sunshine countries lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of…
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Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, CDRI, is a partnership of national governments, UN agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector and academic institutions that promotes resilience of infrastructure to climate and disaster risks. It was…
4.15

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Initiative

The Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Initiative is a sub-regional cooperation framework of four South Asian countries that works on connectivity, transport, energy and water resources. Its flagship is the BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement, signed at…
4.16

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, is a political and military alliance founded on 4 April 1949 by the Washington Treaty, signed by 12 countries to counter the Soviet Union in Europe. It now has 32…
4.17

European Union (EU) and Its Institutions

The European Union, EU, is a political and economic union of 27 member states that share a single market, common policies and, for 21 of them, a common currency, the euro. It grew from the European…
4.18

African Union (AU)

The African Union, AU, is a continental organisation of 55 member states, formed in 2002 at Durban, South Africa, to replace the Organisation of African Unity of 1963. Its headquarters is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its…
4.19

Arab League

The League of Arab States, or Arab League, is a regional organisation of Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa, founded in Cairo on 22 March 1945 by Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria,…
4.20

Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

The Eurasian Economic Union, EAEU, is a customs and economic union of five post-Soviet states: Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. It was established by a treaty signed in Astana in May 2014 and came into…
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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as a Regional Organization

The Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, is a political, economic and security alliance of six Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It was founded in Abu…

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Which topics are in Regional and Plurilateral Groupings Involving India?

Regional and Plurilateral Groupings Involving India has 21 micro topics in International Relations & Places in News: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC); Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC); Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India's Dialogue Partnership; Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO); Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD); BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and BRICS Expansion; Group of 20 (G20) and India's G20 Presidency; Group of 7 (G7) and India's Outreach Engagement; Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA); Commonwealth of Nations; Non-Aligned Movement (NAM); Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); International Solar Alliance (ISA); Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI); Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Initiative; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); European Union (EU) and Its Institutions; African Union (AU); Arab League; Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU); Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as a Regional Organization.

Is Regional and Plurilateral Groupings Involving India important for UPSC Prelims?

Regional and Plurilateral Groupings Involving India is a part of the UPSC Prelims International Relations & Places in News syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 21 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.