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IEA Ministerial Meeting 2017

November 10 , 2017 2443 days 992 0
  • The 2017 IEA (International Energy Agency) Ministerial Meeting was recently held in Paris and the focus of the meeting was on global energy challenges and how they can be overcome.
  • At the Conference, India signed joint work programmes with IEA and other key members of the IEA Family i.e. Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia and Thailand.
  • IEA is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the OECD in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis.
  • It acts as a policy adviser to its member states, but also works with non-member countries, especially China, India, and Russia.
  • India recently declared its “Association” status with the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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