India and Italy announce Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029 at G20 Rio
On 18 November 2024 at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, PM Modi and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni announced the India-Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029.
Summary
On 18 November 2024 at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, PM Narendra Modi and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the India-Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029, outlining their vision for the next five years. It was their fifth meeting in two years; they last met in June 2024 in Puglia. The plan covers trade and investment, connectivity including the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, science and technology, space cooperation between ASI and ISRO, energy transition, defence, security, migration and mobility, and culture. It includes a pilot project to train health professionals in India for employment in Italy, an Italian space industry mission to India ideally by mid-2025, and yearly Joint Defence Consultative meetings.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 18 Nov 2024, G20 Summit, Rio de Janeiro
- Plan
- India-Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029
- Meeting
- Fifth Modi-Meloni meeting in two years; previous June 2024, Puglia
- Connectivity
- IMEEC; maritime and port agreement
- Space
- ASI-ISRO; Italian space industry mission to India by mid-2025
- Mobility
- Pilot: training Indian health professionals for jobs in Italy
- Defence
- Yearly Joint Defence Consultative meetings; Defence Industrial Roadmap
Practice MCQs 3 questions
India and Italy announced a Joint Strategic Action Plan for which period at the G20 Rio Summit on 18 November 2024?
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Correct answer: B — 2025-2029
PIB (MEA): PM Modi and PM Meloni announced the Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029.
Where had PM Modi and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni met in June 2024, before their meeting at the G20 Rio Summit?
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Correct answer: D — Puglia
PIB (MEA): the Rio meeting was their fifth in two years; they last met in June 2024 in Puglia.
Consider the following about the India-Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029: 1. It includes a pilot project to train health professionals in India for employment in Italy. 2. It provides for cooperation between the Italian Space Agency and ISRO. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
PIB (MEA): both are in the plan, along with an Italian space industry mission to India ideally by mid-2025.