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).