The SAARC Development Goals consisting of 22 goals & 67 indicators representing the status of social development in the country.The present report gives the statistical appraisal of the achievements made on the SAARC Development Goals in India. In addition to the mutually agreed 67 indicators, some additional indicators have also …
“India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan have a combined hydropower potential of 200 Giga Watt (GW), of which more than three-quarters is yet to be harnessed,” according to Indian commerce minister Anand Sharma. Addressing the sixth South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) ministerial council in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday he said …
As agreed at the recently held 17th SAARC Summit in the Maldives, Sri Lanka will set up a ‘SAARC Seed Bank’ to boost agriculture production in the region. Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers yesterday approved a proposal made by the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to establish the SAARC …
As agreed at the recently held 17th SAARC Summit in the Maldives, Sri Lanka will set up a 'SAARC Seed Bank' to boost agriculture production in the region. Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers yesterday approved a proposal made by the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to establish the SAARC …
The Maldives has proposed to present a joint statement by the member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at the next round of UN climate talks. The Maldives has proposed to the SAARC Standing Committee to present a joint statement by the member countries of South Asian …
The cabinet today approved a proposal for signing of the 'SAARC Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters' aimed at taking united efforts by the member countries of the regional grouping to tackle natural disasters. The approval was given at the regular meeting of the cabinet held in the secretariat …
Environment Ministers’ Meeting 30 September, 2011 - One of the outcomes of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation environment ministers’ meeting, which ended yesterday, was the endorsement of the terms of reference for four initiatives under the Thimphu declaration. The four initiatives include the SAARC inter-governmental marine initiative, to …
The Asian Development Bank in a latest study projected that the energy demand of the SAARC’s eight nations would double within next 10 years and suggested developing a regional power market to cope with the situation. The 4th SAARC Energy Ministerial Meeting held in Dhaka Thursday adopted the study report …
South Asian nations agreed on Thursday to work to promote closer energy links for electricity grids and power generation, a senior energy official said. Energy ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) - bringing together Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - finished …
Senior officials of the energy sector from SAARC countries have agreed in principle, with some reservations, with the draft SAARC Inter-Governmental Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation which was prepared by India. The decision was made at a meeting of senior government officials of the energy sector from SAARC countries on …
The South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation conference on exchange of information regarding pesticides will commence tomorrow in at the Inservice Training Institute in Gannoruwa, Peradeniya of the Kandy district in Sri Lanka. The conference will be held until July 01 with the participation of the scientists from the SAARC …
Experts and environmentalists at a workshop in the city have suggested regional combined effort to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change for ensuring food security in the South Asia region. They said the regional food production would face a great threat in the coming days due to global …
The Inter-governmental Expert Group Meeting to finalise the draft South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters has begun yesterday at the Traders Hotel. This meeting is attended by all SAARC member states except Afghanistan. The idea of establishing a mechanism for rapid response …
Call for measures to boost production Karnal: Expressing concern over low cattle productivity and dairy production in the region, farm scientists from the SAARC countries have called for concrete steps to improve the production by sharing knowledge and experience to overcome common restraints. The scientists, who have gathered here for …
Experts on agriculture sector from different SAARC countries on Tuesday stressed the need for exchanging information on agricultural research and development to multiply success in the field. They underscored the need at the inaugural session of a three-day training workshop on
India is mulling the idea of a power grid linking South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which has the potential to create 1,00,000 MW capacity in the region. Indian Minister of State for Power KC Venugopal was quoted by Indian …
The Bali Action Plan shines with lots of hopes for developing countries that in two years there would be a shared vision to combat global warming. In that plan, the shared vision was portrayed as a ‘long term cooperative action” which would include a “long term global goal for emission …
Of the many concerns shared by the SAARC countries in the area of disaster management, Landslide Risk Management deserves to be placed high on its priority agenda for many compelling reasons. It is a part of their global commitment and obligation to posterity. The world looks up to the SAARC …
Thimphu: The 16th SAARC summit has adopted an Indian proposal for a roadmap to create a SAARC market for electricity. The summit urged the member countries to quickly ratify the trade in services deal to open their service sectors. "The leaders recognised the need to enhance co-operation in the energy …
Sandeep Dikshit THIMPHU: With the more vulnerable Bangladesh and Maldives seeking firmer commitments to combat climate change, a watered down declaration was issued at the end of the 16th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which ended here on Thursday. Climate change was the theme of the …
