Summits and Conferences in Current Affairs MCQs

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Recently, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways hosted the Maritime Financing Summit 2025 in New Delhi. It supports the Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision (MAKV) 2047 to make India a top maritime power. Container capacity rose by over 70%, and cargo via coastal and inland waterways grew. India allows 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in shipping and offers incentives via GIFT City IFSC. A Maritime Development Fund (MDF) was announced to boost long-term finance in shipbuilding and port infrastructure. Parliament passed the Bills of Lading Bill 2025 to simplify shipping document laws.

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The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) was held in Awaza, Turkmenistan from 5–8 August under the theme “Driving Progress through Partnerships.” It addressed challenges faced by 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) with over 600 million people. LLDCs represented 7% of the world’s population but only about 1% of the global economy and trade. The conference aimed to unlock development potential through cooperation, trade facilitation, and infrastructure investment. The Awaza Programme of Action (APoA) 2024–2034 was adopted to tackle trade, infrastructure, climate resilience, and financing barriers.

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The Indian Army will host MILMEDICON-2025, an International Conference on Physical and Mental Trauma in Military Settings. It will be held at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on August 28-29, 2025. The event is organised by the Director General of Medical Services (Army) under the Ministry of Defence’s Year of Reforms. Experts will discuss combat trauma care, artificial intelligence, new technologies, and emergency medical response. The conference will mark 100 years of Military Nursing Service (MNS), honouring Nari Shakti.

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The 28th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG 2025) will be held on 22-23 September 2025 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is jointly organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Government of Andhra Pradesh. IIM Visakhapatnam will be the knowledge partner for the conference. The theme is “Viksit Bharat: Civil Service and Digital Transformation”. The conference will showcase best practices, emerging trends, and collaboration in digital governance for public service delivery.

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Shri Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker, will lead the Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC). The 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) will be hosted by the Parliament of Barbados and CPA Barbados Branch in Bridgetown, Barbados from 5-12 October 2025. The theme for 2025 is “The Commonwealth – A Global Partner”.

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The two-day All India Speakers’ Conference was inaugurated at the Delhi Assembly in the National Capital New Delhi. It marked the centenary of the election of the first Indian Speaker of a legislative body, Veer Vitthalbhai Patel. He was the first Indian Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly. The conference brings together Speakers and Deputy Speakers from State Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Councils across India. It marks a historic moment in India’s parliamentary journey and celebrates the legacy of democratic traditions.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla inaugurated the 11th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Conference at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru. The three-day conference theme is “Debates and Discussions in the Houses of Legislature, building people’s trust, meeting people’s aspirations.” The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is an international platform of nearly 180 Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures. Shri Om Birla serves as the ex-officio Chairperson of the CPA India Region Executive Committee. India is the 9th Region of the CPA and includes 31 State and Union Territory branches.

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Recently, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare held the two-day ‘National Agriculture Conference – Rabi campaign 2025’ at the Bharat Ratna C. Subramaniam Auditorium, Pusa Campus, New Delhi on September 15–16, 2025. The conference provided a platform for agriculture experts, scientists, policymakers, and senior state representatives to plan strategies and set production targets for the 2025–26 Rabi sowing season. The conference was chaired by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

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Recently, the Lok Sabha Speaker inaugurated a two-day National Conference on the Parliamentary and Legislative Committee on Empowerment of Women in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The conference highlighted the creation of several opportunities supporting women’s development. A law ensuring 33% reservation for women in legislatures was underlined as a key step toward empowerment. The conference concluded by adopting the ‘Tirupati Resolution’. The Tirupati Resolution outlined a roadmap for advancing women’s education, health, safety, dignity, and self-reliance toward Viksit Bharat by 2047.

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Recently, the 2nd National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Heads of States and Union Territories was held in New Delhi. The focus is to scale up action and execution against drugs. Strategy targets three types of cartels: entry-point operators, distributors from entry points to states, and local sellers. States are urged to adopt technologies like darknet analysis, cryptocurrency tracking, communication pattern analysis, logistics and financial flow analysis, metadata analysis, and machine learning models. Drug-Free India campaign runs in 372 districts, involving 10 crore people and 3 lakh educational institutions.