14th India-UAE Joint Task Force on Investments Meets in Mumbai

The correct answer is Mumbai, which hosted the fourteenth meeting of the Task Force, co-chaired by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and the Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. New Delhi is wrong because although it hosts many bilateral meetings, this particular round was held in India's financial capital, a natural choice for a forum devoted to investment. Abu Dhabi is wrong because it is the seat of the investment authority whose Managing Director co-chaired the meeting, not the venue on this occasion. Dubai is wrong for the same reason; the Emirati participation came through the co-chair and officials, while the meeting itself took place on Indian soil, as did the review of joint investment projects such as the Food Park in Gujarat.

The correct answer is US$ 200 billion, the shared ambition the two countries have set for bilateral trade by the year 2032. The option of a hundred billion dollars is wrong because trade has already crossed that mark: it reached US$ 101.25 billion in the financial year 2025-26, so a target at that level would be meaningless. The option of a hundred and fifty billion dollars is wrong because no such intermediate goal was announced at the meeting. The option of two hundred and fifty billion dollars is wrong because it overstates the figure agreed between the two sides. Non-oil trade, a separate measure, stood at US$ 76.2 billion in 2025, and the growth in both measures was credited to the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

The correct answer is Odisha, where a joint investment intent of US$ 11.5 billion has been recorded for an integrated aluminium complex. Gujarat is wrong, although the state does figure in the meeting in two other ways: a Food Park project was reviewed there, and an aviation and logistics hub at Dholera was explored, while Mashreq Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank and the Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company have opened offices in GIFT City. Jharkhand is wrong because no project in that state was listed among the investments reviewed. Chhattisgarh is wrong for the same reason. The other investments named were Emirates NBD's majority stake in RBL Bank and International Holding Company's stake in Sammaan Capital. The Task Force has functioned since its establishment as an open mechanism for raising and settling investment concerns, and the two sides also used the Fast Track Mechanism to resolve pending issues affecting companies on either side.