2nd India-CARICOM Summit in Georgetown: PM Modi offers a seven-point plan
On 20 November 2024 in Georgetown, Guyana, PM Modi and Grenada PM Dickon Mitchell (CARICOM Chair) chaired the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit, where Modi offered a seven-point plan.
Summary
On 20 November 2024 in Georgetown, Guyana, PM Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, the current CARICOM Chair, chaired the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit, hosted by Guyana's President Irfaan Ali. The first India-CARICOM Summit was held in 2019 in New York. Modi offered help in seven key areas that fit the CARICOM acronym, including 1,000 more ITEC slots over the next five years, training in India for 11 young women cricketers from each CARICOM country, 'Days of Indian Culture' next year, maritime domain mapping and hydrography, Jan Aushadhi generic medicines, yoga experts, and India's Digital Public Infrastructure, DigiLocker and UPI. He announced that the next India-CARICOM Summit would be hosted in India.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 20 Nov 2024, Georgetown, Guyana
- Co-chairs
- PM Modi and Grenada PM Dickon Mitchell (CARICOM Chair)
- Host
- Guyana President Irfaan Ali
- 1st summit
- 2019, New York
- Plan
- Seven key areas fitting the CARICOM acronym
- Capacity building
- 1,000 more ITEC slots over 5 years
- Cricket
- Training in India for 11 young women cricketers from each CARICOM country
- Next summit
- In India
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Who co-chaired the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit with PM Narendra Modi in Georgetown on 20 November 2024?
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Correct answer: D — Grenada PM Dickon Mitchell, the CARICOM Chair
PIB (PMO): PM Modi and Grenada PM Dickon Mitchell, the current CARICOM Chair, chaired the Summit; President Irfaan Ali hosted it.
Where was the first India-CARICOM Summit held, in 2019?
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Correct answer: A — New York
PIB (PMO): the first India-CARICOM Summit was held in 2019 in New York.
Consider the following announcements made by PM Modi at the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit: 1. 1,000 more ITEC slots for CARICOM countries over the next five years. 2. Training in India for 11 young women cricketers from each CARICOM country. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
PIB (PMO): both were announced, along with the next India-CARICOM Summit to be hosted in India.