Union Government has constituted 4-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu to decide on 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.
It was constituted to advise Prime Minister on whether to continue with or withdraw from RCEP negotiations.
The GoM also includes
Interim Finance and Power Minister Piyush Goyal,
Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri.
It has been mandated to find a way forward from current deadlock over issues of joining RCEP or not.
It will also help fine-tune India’s strategy for the upcoming RCEP ministerial meet in August 2018 in Singapore.