MEA announces new rules to ease process of getting passport  

The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced new passport rules by changing Passport Rules, 1980 in order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport. The new rules aim to speed up and simplify the passport delivery process and will help single mothers, orphaned children, and sadhus obtain passports with ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016

Topics: Ministry of External Affairs • National • Passports

India will not attend SAARC Summit in Islamabad: MEA

India will not take part in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad (Pakistan) to be held in November 2016. This decision was taken in view of the continuous cross border terrorism by Pakistan which has created environment which is not conducive to successful holding of Summit. In this regard, the ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2016

Topics: India- Pakistan • Ministry of External Affairs • Naitonal • SAARC • Terrorism

Union Government launches Operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian citizens from South Sudan

The Union Government has started the operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South Sudan’s capital Juba. Sankat Mochan in Hindi means reliever from troubles. The operation is being undertaken by Indian Air Force (IAF) and will be headed by Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs General (Retd.) VK Singh. Key ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2016

Topics: Indian Airforce • Ministry of External Affairs • National • Operation Sankat Mochan • South Sudan

Raisina Dialogue 2016 kicks off at New Delhi

The first Raisina-Dialogue 2016, a flagship conference on Geopolitics and Geo-economics began in New Delhi. The three day conference is joint initiative of Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an independent think tank based in India. Key facts The theme of Raisina-Dialogue 2016 is “Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity”. It ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2016

Topics: Current Affairs - 2017 • Current Affairs 2016 • Events • International Relations • Ministry of External Affairs

Government decides to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with MEA

Union Government has decided to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). This decision has been taken to avoid duplication of work and to improve efficiency in line with Union Government’s broad principle of minimum government, maximum governance. The merger was announced by Union External Affairs Minister Sushma ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016

Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Ministry of External Affairs • Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs • Sushma Swaraj