The 5th edition of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit 2020 to be organized in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the month of September 2020. The summit will be preceded by the 17th Ministerial Meeting and 21st Senior Officials Meeting by the end of 2020.
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is working on a project of linking about 3,000 kilometer-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has hosted the two days BIMSTEC’s Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking in New Delhi. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) conference was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Home Affairs.
BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020 has been launched in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is managing the BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020 on behalf of the Government of India.