India’s Foreign Policy
India-ASEAN Meet
- The 20th ASEAN India Economic Ministers’ meeting was held in Indonesia.
- During the meeting, India and the ASEAN countries reached an agreement to review their free trade pact for goods and decided to conclude the review by 2025.
- The Free Trade pact – ASEAN – India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) was signed in 2009.
About ASEAN
- Formation – 8 August 1967.
- Headquarters – Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Members – 10 countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam).
Govt – Welfare oriented Govt schemes, their utility
Green Fellowship programme
- Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched a two year Chief Minister’s Green Fellowship Programme (CMGFP) at the Secretariat.
- The scheme was announced in the Assembly as part of the 202122 Budget.
- Nodal Agency – Department of Environment &Climate Change.
- Knowledge partner for implementation – Institute for Energy Studies (IES), Anna University, Chennai.
- A total of 40 Green Fellows (38 at District level and two at the State level) will be selected under CMGFP.
- Primary role of fellows will be to Support the District Administration in the implementation of the three Mission mode projects of the Government of Tamil Nadu viz.,
- Green Tamil Nadu Mission
- Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission
- Tamil Nadu Wetlands Mission
Note
- Green Tamil Nadu Mission (September 24, 2022) – Increasing the green cover in the state from 23.7% to 33% in 10 years.
- Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission – To expand collective human action to respond to climate change and to reduce Green House Gas Emissions.
- Tamil Nadu Wetlands Mission – Identify and map 100 wetlands in 5 years.
