Summits Venues Month-wise 2022

•  The 5 Central Asian Nations  are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

• It highlights India’s growing cooperation with Central Asian countries as a part of its ‘Extended
Neighbourhood’

•  The Theme of the Summit:- ‘The State of the World’.

• PM Narendra Modi introduced the ‘P3 (Pro-Planet People) movement’ that underlines India’s climate change commitments at WEF’s Davos Agenda 2022.

•  India is the world’s 3rd largest Pharma producer.

• India holds $26 billion worth of PLI (Production Linked Incentive) schemes in 14 sectors.

•   Total renewable energy target of India is 175 GW by 2022

•  The theme of the Summit is: “Supercharging Startups”.

International Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

Hosted by Amsterdam ,Netherlands (Virtual Mode)

• India is targeting 450 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2030.

• LED lights are being promoted, which saves 38 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

• India is also on the way to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030.
•The Central Government is providing clean cooking fuel to 80 million rural households.
• 64 million households are being connected to piped water supply.

• It was inaugurated by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology.

• Theme: ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat – Start of New Decade’

• Objective: To provide a platform for discussion to create a new digital ecosystem

(OPS) 2021

• The event was opened by Secretary-General of the UN Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron, and President of the World Bank Group David Malpass.

• The summit was not attended by India, Brazil, Russia, and the United States (US)

• Key discussion:

1.       Alliance for the conservation of tropical forests and rainforests.

2.       Taskforce on Nature related Financial Disclosure (TNFD)

3.       Coalition for the convergence of climate and biodiversity funding

4.       To make the Mediterranean an exemplary sea by 2030

5.       High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People

2021 & World Future

Fuel Summit 2021

India

• Theme “Petroleum-Coal-Gas: Towards a Win-Win Strategy for Producer and Consumer”

 Major Targets of Governments :  

• 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2025.

• Establishment of India’s first coal gasification-based fertilizer plant with pet coke blending at Talcher, Odisha.

• 40% electricity generation from nonfossil fuel-based energy resources will be achieved by 2030.

• BioAsia is Asia’s Largest Life Sciences & healthcare forum.

• Theme – Move the Needle

• It was inaugurated by KT Rama Rao, Minister for Industries & Commerce, Government of Telangana.

• In this forum the Genome Valley Excellence Award for the year 2021 was awarded to ‘Bharat Biotech’ for its commitment to development of India’s 1st Indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 called ‘COVAXIN’.

Focus Topics of BioAsia2021 – Discussions on
• COVID-19, Global Health, Pharma, and MedTech.
•  Biotech start-ups, Academic Institutions, Scientists & Researchers.

• ‘Virtually connected healthcare’, ‘Immunizing the world’.

on Gender Equality

• Inaugurated by the Kerala Chief Minister (CM) Pinarayi
Vijayan.

• theme “Gender in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Business: The Mediating Role of Empowerment”

 • It was organized as the first carbon neutral event in Kerala highlighting the state’s continued commitment to achieving SDG-objectives by 2030.

 Objective of this Conference

• To emphasize the need for promoting women and transgender persons’ participation in socio-economic activities and empower them to become sustainable entrepreneurs.

2021.

• The theme for the summit is “Reimagining TB Care in India“.

• India targets to eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025.

• Theme of 2021 Annual Summit – ‘Indian Health System Expansion in Post-COVID Era’.

• Objective -To discussions for realizing the potential of Indian healthcare sector to attract investments for building a modern 21st Century Universal Healthcare delivery mode.

Key points  

• Health sector was identified in Budget 2021-22 as one of the 6 main pillars to drive growth.

• It was allocated INR 2, 23, 846 Crore in the 2021-22 Budget, an increase of 137% over the previous year.

• Government is taking steps to increase health expenditure as a percentage of GDP to 2.5% by 2025.

 Participants
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• US President Joseph Biden
• Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison
• Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

Key Targets

• The leaders plan to send 1 Billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines across Asia by 2022.

• The US will collaborate with India’s Biological E Ltd for the initiative, it will provide funding through the DFC (Development Finance Corporation)

• Australia will contribute USD 77 Million for provision of vaccines and ‘last-mile’ delivery support.

• The event is organized by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW).
• Partner Country – Denmark
• Objective – To promote both International and Domestic investment in India’s Ports & Maritime Sector.
• Other Organizers – Industry Partner – FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry);
Knowledge Partner – ET.
• The summit was one of the biggest virtual maritime summits in the world

•  Participant- Ministers from 7 countries – Russia, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Denmark, Iran, Afghanistan & Armenia participated in
the event.

• On the sidelines of the MIS-2021, Chabahar day was commemorated on March 4, 2021. A meeting was held to
commemorate the day.

• India is set to operationalise 23 waterways by 2030 which will help in the development of ports.
Boosting Tourism around Lighthouses.

Around 574 Projects costing USD 82 Billion (~ INR 6 Lakh Crore) have been identified for implementation
between 2015-2035 under the Sagarmala Project.

• Key discussion:  ‘Focus on Asia: Vaccine production and distribution across Asia’.

• Objective- The summit is to strategize actions for positive change in Agri-food systems.

•  It support the digitization of small and medium businesses (SMBs), Agriculture, and Healthcare in India.

• Theme of ‘Unlocking Infinite Possibilities for Digital India’.

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Nitin Gadkari virtually addressed the Summit.

•  Modi participated in the summit at the invitation of US President Joseph R. Biden

• Major points of discussion – reducing greenhouse gas emission & meeting targets of Paris Agreement to keep Global temperature rise to below 2 Degree Celsius

Financing of African

Economies 2021

• Objective: To arrange financial resources for reviving the economy of African Continent, which has been affected by COVID-19.

Summit 2021

• The event was anchored by NTPC Ltd, a Maharana CPSU (Central Public Sector Undertaking) under the Ministry of Power.

• The summit aims to address the challenges facing Green Hydrogen in terms of technology, efficiency, financial viability and scaling up of the technology.

•  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually participated in the meeting and called G7 summit
members for ‘One Earth One Health’

•  India, South Korea, Australia, South Africa, and the G7
countries signed the ‘Open Societies Statement’ to supports ‘Human rights for all, both online and offline and Freedom of Expression

•  G7 leaders launched the ‘Build Back Better World (B3W)’ Project to counter China’s Belt and Road
Infrastructure (BRI) initiative

Organization (NATO)

summit

• NATO is a defensive Alliance and will continue to strive for

peace, security, and stability in the whole of the Euro-Atlant

area.

•  Key decisions: Adoption of NATO 2030 factsheet, which contain 9 key decisions, such as
1.Deepen political consultation
2. Strengthen deterrence and defence
3.Improve resilience
4. Preserve our technological edge
5. Uphold the rules-based international order
6. Boost training and capacity-building
7. Combat and adapt to climate change
8. Develop the next Strategic Concept
9. Invest in NATO

• The event was organised in partnership with the Government of Norway, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the delegates

• The Summit also plans on the formation of an ‘International Hydrogen Alliance’ and setting up of ‘Centres of Excellence’ in select Universities across India.

• The Union Minister virtually delivered the Ministerial Statement which emphasized the importance of Agriculture in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 as 12 out of 17 SDGs are directly dependent on agriculture.

• It should be noted that the UN accepted the Government of India’s proposal to celebrate 2023 as ‘International Year of Millets’

• It was  organised by O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.

• Theme – “Universities of the Future: Building Institutional Resilience, Social Responsibility and Community Impact”.

• Theme: ‘Developing a Road Map for Shared Prosperity’

• Objective:  To discuss how India & other countries in the Indo Pacific Region can enhance economic partnership and collaborate for future economic development.

• The event inaugurated by Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan.

• India is set to offer CoWIN (COVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence Work) as a digital public good to the world to combat COVID-19.

•  R K Singh  highlighted that India’s Emissions have reduced about 28% from 2005 levels, against the target of 35% by 2030 in India’s Intended Nationally Determined  Contributions (INDC) at the Paris Agreement, 2015.

• Theme 2021:- ‘BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’.

• BRICS stands for: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

• The summit saw the adoption of the ‘New Delhi Declaration’.

• India hosted the summit 3 times (2012, 2016, and 2021)

• The meeting aimed at coordinating efforts of

ASEAN countries in pursuing the goal of energy security and energy transition to benefit the people of the region.

• Minister of State for Power, Krishan Pal Gurjar attended the meet on behalf of India.

(virtual Mode)

• This year (2021) the summit hosted by Brunei and chaired by Hassanal Bolkiah (the current Chair of ASEAN)

• The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the India ASEAN Partnership,

• The ASEAN leaders announced 2022 as India-ASEAN Friendship Year.

• The Summit for the year 2021 was held in Rome, Italy.

• Theme:  People, Planet, and Prosperity.

• India and Italy agreed to explore the development of green hydrogen to strengthen the partnershipsin the energy transition, and joint projects in the natural gas sector.

• G20 committed to the Paris Agreement goal to hold the global average temperature increase well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG)

• The SCO CHG meeting is held annually and focuses on the trade and economic agenda of the Organization and to approve its annual budget.

• Theme:  ‘Indian Ocean: Ecology,
Economy, Epidemic’.

•  The Conference is chaired by
Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa .