Which scheme adopted under SIOFA will India take part in to strengthen coastal security?
- A.Deep Ocean Surveillance Programme
- B.High Seas Boarding and Inspection Scheme
- C.Marine Stock Certification Scheme
- D.Blue Flag Vessel Scheme
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Explanation
The correct answer is the High Seas Boarding and Inspection Scheme, shortened to HSBI. It has been adopted under the agreement and is to be put in place, and active involvement in it is expected to advance India’s strategic regional priorities while strengthening national coastal security. Options A, C and D name schemes that do not figure in this decision. Along with the HSBI Scheme, accession gives India full participation in the Scientific Committee and the Compliance Committee of the agreement, where its say was limited as a cooperating non-contracting party, and access to scientific data, research programmes and stock assessments. It also allows India to work with other cooperating parties on the sustainable harvest of high seas resources and on preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which is one of the stated objectives of the agreement.
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Practice Questions
India’s accession has been approved to which fisheries agreement?
- A.Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
- B.Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
- C.Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
- D.Bay of Bengal Fisheries Compact
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The Central Government has approved India moving from the position of a cooperating non-contracting party, which it has held since 2022, to that of a full contracting party, which brings voting rights in the bodies that run the agreement.
Read the full explanation →Which country has the largest share of high seas fishing?
- A.Japan
- B.Spain
- C.China
- D.South Korea
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The high seas themselves account for roughly 65 per cent of the global ocean and five countries or regions dominate fishing in that space.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers Meeting held in New Delhi?
- A.The Prime Minister
- B.The Union Home Minister
- C.The External Affairs Minister
- D.The Union Home Secretary
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Amit Shah, who holds the Home and Cooperation portfolio, chaired the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers Meeting in New Delhi and also led the Indian delegation to it.
Read the full explanation →Which document was adopted at the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers Meeting held in New Delhi?
- A.Bangkok Vision
- B.Delhi Declaration
- C.Bay of Bengal Charter
- D.Jamnagar Protocol
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The first meeting of BIMSTEC Home Ministers, hosted by India in New Delhi and chaired by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, adopted this declaration, which lays down the principles behind security cooperation in the grouping.
Read the full explanation →The proposed BIMSTEC Disaster Management Centre is to be set up in which Indian state?
- A.Odisha
- B.Tamil Nadu
- C.Gujarat
- D.West Bengal
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At the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers Meeting the Union Home Minister said the proposed BIMSTEC Disaster Management Centre is planned at Jamnagar, which lies in Gujarat, and he asked member countries to take an active part in making the centre work.
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