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 …
The theme of the conference is inclusive development and climate justice in South Asia. The two sub-themes, inclusive development and climate justice, are intimately related. Adverse climate change impacts fall disproportionably harshly on the socially excluded, disadvantaged people. Social inclusion can and must be designed and pursued not only from …
Nepal will be emphasising the need to inject additional investment into agriculture to enable the SAARC region to tackle impending food deficit at the upcoming meeting of SAARC agriculture ministers. Hari Dahal, spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC), said Nepal would also urge cooperation to develop agro-based …
South Asian economies could benefit hugely if they unlocked their energy potential, especially plentiful hydro-electricity in Nepal and Bhutan, Bangladeshi business leaders told a regional meeting on Sunday. But the politics of mistrust in the region and internal inefficiencies in some member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional …
The Power and Energy Ministry will conduct a workshop, at the Heritance, Kandalama, on bio fuels to impart training on the production of bio fuels. Power and Energy Ministry sources said that the objective of organizing the training program on the production of bio fuels was to impart training to …
In the backdrop of sluggish progress in cooperation among South Asian nations, the World Bank (WB) is now persuading for specific projects to strengthen regional collaboration in energy, transport, food security and other sectors. The WB has already started a technical study on different projects and their feasibility to ascertain …
Meteorological scientists began a two-day seminar here on Wednesday emphasising the need for more research-based climate modelling through the SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC) to cope with climate change. SAARC member states are incurring losses of millions of dollars every year due to frequent meteorological catastrophes such as tropical cyclones, …
A three-day SAARC conference on climate change was held in Dhaka from 1 to 3 July, where the ministers and experts of South Asian countries resonated the judicious demands of developing nations to adapt vis-a-vis the impacts of the climate change. In the context of global warming, faster sea level …
Speakers at a seminar yesterday underscored the need to build capacity to adopt a sustainable climate change adaptation strategy. Bangladesh is most vulnerable to climate change and an adaptation strategy must be adopted to offset the impacts of global climate change, they said. "We have succeeded in coping with two …
The 15th SAARC Summit has placed food security high on its agenda with the promise of more state intervention including a SAARC Food Bank to help any Member State in case of exigencies. Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona addressing media at the conclusion of Standing Committee meetings said that all …
The leaders of the South Asian countries are set to issue a separate statement on food security, apart from the SAARC declaration, focussing on activating the regional food bank with an initial outlay of 2.5 lakh tonnes and enhancing cooperation in agriculture for boosting production.
The South Asian nations are set to activate the SAARC food bank immediately after the summit meeting to help the member-countries tackle exigent situations after the foreign secretaries reached a consensus on the first day of their two-day meeting here on Tuesday. They agreed to help each other for increasing …
B. Muralidhar Reddy COLOMBO: The 15th SAARC Summit, scheduled for August 2 and 3, would come out with a declaration on "food security' and deliberate on the "collective action on modalities of dealing with menace of terrorism.' The Standing Committee of the summit, comprising Foreign Secretaries of the eight Member-States, …
Bangladesh is now fine-tuning its position papers on crucial regional issues like food, energy, trade and climate change which will figure high in the 15th SAARC Summit, beginning in Colombo on August 2.
B. Muralidhar Reddy Member nations to sign accord for launch of SDF Heads of state likely to hold bilateral meetings To sign pact for Afghanistan's entry into SAFTA COLOMBO: The process for the SAARC Summit, scheduled here on August 2 and 3 was set in motion on Sunday with the …
A programme has been launched to beautify the city of Colombo at a cost of Rs 374 million in time for the forthcoming SAARC Summit, Mayor of Colombo U. M. Imitiyaz said. He said that was the first time the CMC had expended such a huge amount of funds on …
Tele-medicine services will become operational between India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka by this year end, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today. "To start the tele-medicine service by September this year, a Memorandum of Understanding has already been signed between India and Bhutan," he said adding the service would …
The welfare and protection of migrant workers should be part of SAARC agenda as South Asia provides 15 lakh workers to labour-receiving countries every year, government and ILO officials said on Monday. As 43 per cent of the South Asian migrant workers serve in other South Asian countries, the incorporation …
- SAARC members states have agreed to conduct a regional meeting to finalise the strategy and action plan to eliminate the threats and harmful impact of communicable diseases on health and socio economic development in the region. This was one of the recommendations made by the SAARC expert group during …
