TNPSC Thervupettagam

First India- CARICOM Meet

September 27 , 2019 1878 days 1065 0
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the leaders of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) during the first-ever India-CARICOM leaders’ summit held at USA.
  • The meet focused on fighting climate change and increasing India’s participation with the grouping.
  • India had also given immediate assistance of $1 Million to Bahamas during the recent Hurricane Dorain.
About
  • The CARICOM grouping has 15 members-states and five associate members.
  • It was formed in 1973.
  • It was established as an economic and political community that works jointly to shape policies for the region and to encourage economic growth and trade.
  • CARICOM Members
    • Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

 

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