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2021 Committees & Meetings

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2021 Committees & Meetings - January

COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE NAME COMMITTEE HEAD KEY NOTES
7-member committee Raghavendra(R) P Tiwari On December 23, 2020 University Grants
Commission(UGC) has set up a 7-member
committee to look at the possibility and review the
feasibility of holding the Common Entrance
Test(CET) at undergraduate level from the next
academic year(august) in central universities. The
committee is headed by Raghavendra(R) P Tiwari,
Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Punjab.
Committee Gangapuram Kishan Central Government has decided to form a
Reddy committee to protect the language, culture and
land of the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.The
committee will be headed by the Minister of State
(MoS) Gangapuram Kishan Reddy and will include
elected representatives from Ladakh, members of
the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council
(LAHDC) and ex-officio members representing the
Government of India and the Ladakh
administration.
10-member empowered RS Sharma Government of India appointed RS Sharma, former
committee chief of Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India(TRAI) as head of a 10-member empowered
committee for administration of COVID-19 vaccine.
On January 16, 2021 India will start its mega
vaccination drive against coronavirus, the world’s
largest inoculation programme. The members of
the committee comprises senior officials from the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW)
and the Unique Identification Authority of
India(UIDAI). The committee can invite
distinguished persons when there is a need to
deliver the COVID-19 vaccine through Co-WIN app.
High-Level Committee Narendra Modi A High-Level Committee headed by Prime Minister
(PM) Narendra Modi has been constituted to
commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The 1-year long
celebrations will begin from 23rd January, 2021.
The celebrations will take place in Delhi, Kolkata &
other places associated with Azad Hind Fauj (INA),
both in India & overseas.
10-Member Advisory Subhash Chandra Khuntia India’s Insurance regulator IRDAI (Insurance
Committee Regulatory and Development Authority of India)
formulated a 10-member advisory committee to
improve the product quality and coverage of the
health insurance in the country. The committee will
be chaired by IRDAI chairman (Presently Dr.

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Subhash Chandra Khuntia) and will have tenure of
1 year.

MEETINGS
MEETING NAME VENUE KEY POINTS
India-Vietnam Defence Security 13th India-Vietnam Defence Security Dialogue was
Dialogue held virtually. Dr Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary,
Government of India & Lt Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh,
Deputy Defence Minister, Socialist Republic of
- Vietnam co-chaired the meeting.During the meeting,
both sides exchanged their views on a plan of action
that emerged from the Virtual Summit between
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi & Prime
Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc in
December, 2020.
Senior Officials Meeting of Arab- Video Conference On January 12, 2021 3rd Senior Officials Meeting of
India Cooperation Forum Arab-India Cooperation Forum was held through
video conference. The meeting was co-chaired by
Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Secretary (CPV&OIA),
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
and Ambassador Mohamed Abu Al-Kheir, Assistant
Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative of
Egypt to the League of Arab States. During this
meeting India set to establish a USD 1 million(about
Rs 7.32 crores)financial facility for academic
collaboration with Arab.
Meeting of the North Eastern Shillong, Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs
Council (NEC) Meghalaya (MHA) inaugurated and chaired the 2 day 69th
meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in
Shillong, Meghalaya. The focus of the meeting was to
discuss various developmental ongoing and future
projects for the North Eastern region (NER). There,
it was notified that 30% of the Central Government‘s
budget will be used for the development of
underdeveloped areas. Notably, the Union Budget
has been increased by 24 percent to Rs. 3,13,000
crores from 89,000 crores. All NER states were
urged to solve their boundary disputes with other
states including Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by
August 15, 2022.
India-Japan Act East Forum New Delhi India & Japan held the 5th Joint Meeting of the India-
(AEF) Japan Act East Forum (AEF) at New Delhi. Harsh
Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary of India &
Suzuki Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to India were
the co-chairs of the meeting. AEF was established in
2017 with an objective of modernization of North
Eastern (NE) Region of India.The Modernization
program is part of India’s ‘Act East Policy’ & Japan’s
‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’.

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India-Bangladesh Consular New Delhi The 2nd India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue 2021
Dialogue 2021 was held in New Delhi to discuss issues related to
consular, visa, and mutual legal assistance matters.
Notably, the bilateral diplomatic ties between both
nations have completed 50 years therefore they
reiterated their commitment to continue to work
towards citizen-centric consular mechanisms. The
next Consular Dialogue will be scheduled in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Indian Delegation: It was led by Sanjay
Bhattacharyya, Secretary of Consular, Passport &
Visa (CPV) and Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA),
Divisions of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Joint Steering Committee (JSC) Dhaka, 19th meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC)
on India Bangladesh cooperation Bangladesh on India Bangladesh cooperation in the energy
in the energy sector sector was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh where Indian
delegation was led by the Power Secretary Sanjiv
Nandan Sahai while Power Secretary Md. Habibur
Rahman represented the Bangladesh side. The
committee reviewed the progress of
implementation of the decisions taken during the
last meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) and
JSC.
India-United Kingdom Joint 14th meeting of the India-United Kingdom Joint
Working Group (JWC) on Working Group (JWC) on Counter-Terrorism 2021
Counter-Terrorism 2021 was held virtually on 21st and 22nd January, 2021.
Objective – To strengthen international cooperation
- between two countries to combat the global menace
of terrorism. Indian side - Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint
Secretary for Counter Terrorism in the Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA). United Kingdom (UK) side -
Tom Hurd, Director General, Office of Security and
Counter-Terrorism.
Ministerial Meeting of Asia On 21st January, 2021, Present Chair of the Asia
Cooperation Dialogue 2021 Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), Government of Turkey
hosted the 17th Ministerial Meeting of Asia
Cooperation Dialogue 2021 virtually under the
theme “The New Normal and Safe and Healthy
- Tourism”. Indian side was represented by Ms. Riva
Ganguly Das, Secretary (East), Ministry of External
Affairs. During the meeting, She highlighted that
India is focusing on tourism promotion as a part of
3T’s strategy which includes “Trade, Tourism and
Technology”.
The Davos Agenda 2021 51st Edition of 2021 World Economic Forum (WEF)
Annual Meeting called ‘The Davos Agenda 2021’
took place virtually from January 25-29,
2021.Theme of Davos Agenda – ‘A Crucial Year to
Rebuild Trust’. WEF launched the Global AI
- (Artificial Intelligence) Action Alliance (GAIA). WEF
launched the first-of-its-kind platform called

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‘Essential Digital Infrastructure and Services’ –
EDISON Alliance to reduce digital inequalities &
ensure equitable access to digital opportunities for
everyone by 2025.

COMMITTEES & MEETINGS IN CONTENT FORMAT

India set to head 3 Important Committees of UNSC
According to the announcement made by Permanent Representative of India to United Nations (UN) TS
Tirumurti, India will head 3 Important Committees of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) –
Counter-Terrorism Committee (for 2022), Taliban Sanctions Committee (also called the 1988 Sanctions
Committee) & Libya Sanctions Committee. India also began its 8th Term as a non-permanent member of
the UNSC for 2 years(2021-2022).

2021 Committees & Meetings - February

COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE NAME COMMITTEE HEAD KEY NOTES
Expert panel TP Rajendran The government has appointed an expert panel to
review the objections of industry to the proposed
ban on 27 pesticides, that are mentioned as
harmful to animals and humans by the government.
The committee is headed by TP Rajendran, former
assistant director general of Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR).
14-member committee Janakiram Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
of India (IRDAI) has formed a 14-member
committee to review its information and cyber
security guidelines. The committee is headed by
Prof Janakiram, chairman of Institute for
Development and Research in Banking Technology
(IDRBT).A R Nithiyanantham, CGM-IT, IRDAI will
be a member convenor of the working group.

MEETINGS
MEETING NAME VENUE KEY POINTS
QUAD Ministerial meeting Virtual Mode The 3rd India-Australia-Japan-USA Quadrilateral
2021 Security Dialogue (QUAD) Ministerial meeting
2021 held virtually from Washington DC, United
States(US).The meeting was attended by Foreign
Ministers of Japan, India, Australia and the
US(QUAD) countries.Myanmar was the key focus
of the meet. The QUAD nations reaffirmed their
commitment to strengthen cooperation including
support for freedom of navigation and territorial
integrity.
ASEAN-India Tourism Minister Virtual Mode 8th ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian
Meeting 2021 Nations)-India Tourism Minister Meeting 2021 took
place virtually, it was co-chaired by Prahlad Singh

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Patel, Minister of State for Culture & Tourism, India
& Dr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism,
Cambodia.8th ASEAN-India Tourism Minister
meeting was part of the 24th Meeting of ASEAN
Tourism Ministers (24th M-ATM) which took place
from February 2-5, 2021 hosted by Cambodia.
NCAVES India Forum-2021 Virtual Mode NCAVES (Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation
of the Ecosystem Services) India Forum-2021 was
organized by the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation (MoSPI) through
virtual mode on January 14, 21, 28, 2021. The
NCAVES project was initiated in 2017 by European
Union (EU). Spread the knowledge of
Environmental-Economic accounting for
Sustainable Economic Growth using the United
Nations’ System of Environmental-Economic
Accounting (SEEA) framework. Participating
Countries – India, Brazil, China, Mexico & South
Africa. MoSPI released ‘EnviStats India’ report
highlighting the efforts taken by it under the
NCAVES Project.
Joint Working Group Meeting Virtual Mode India & Kingdom of Bahrain held the 1st Joint
2021 Working Group Meeting 2021 in the field of
Renewable Energy (RE) in a virtual format. The
Indian side was led by Mr Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale,
Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable
Energy & Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, President of
Sustainable Energy Authority led the Bahraini side.
In July 2018, Both sides had signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) for boosting cooperation in
the field of Renewable Energy.
India-Singapore CEO forum Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
2021 Industry(FICCI) jointly with Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
organised 2nd Meeting of India-Singapore CEO
- forum 2021.The Meeting was co-chaired by
Harshavardhan Neotia & Gautam Banerjee.Piyush
Goyal, Union Minister of Railways, Commerce &
Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public
Distribution delivered the keynote address at the
Meeting.
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, India hosted the meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
China, and South Africa) finance India, China, and South Africa) finance and central
and central bank deputies bank deputies. Notably it was the first meeting on
the BRICS Financial Cooperation under India
Chairship in 2021.It was co-chaired by Economic
- Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj and RBI Deputy
Governor Michael Patra along with the participation
of BRICS countries’ finance and central bank
deputies. Theme for India’s Chairship: BRICS @ 15:

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Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity,
Consolidation and Consensus.The 13th BRICS
Summit is going to be held under India’s Chairship
in 2021.
Sherpas Meeting Virtual Mode India virtually held the inaugural 3-day long Sherpas
meeting from February 24-26, 2021. This is the 1st
Sherpas meeting hosted by India after it assumed
the 2021 BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South
Africa) Chairship. India succeeds Russia as the Chair
of BRICS. The meeting was chaired by Sanjay
Bhattacharyya, Secretary, CPV and OIA (Consular,
Passport & Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs) & P
Harish, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations as
India’s BRICS Sherpa & Sous Sherpa. Theme for
India’s Chairship – ‘BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS
Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and
Consensus’.

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