Question- On 25-26 June, 2018, at which of the given places the third annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was organized?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Bangkok
(d) Mumbai
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On 25th-26th June, 2018, ‘Third Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’ (AIIB’s Third Annual Meeting), 2018 was organized in Mumbai.
- Meeting was organized jointly by the Economic Department of the Ministry of Finance and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
- The main theme of this year’s meeting is ‘Mobilizing Finance for Innovation and Collaboration’: ‘Funding for Infrastructure: Innovation and Collaboration’.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated this meeting.
- The two day meeting was attended by the representatives of various institutes, private sector and civil societies and the top policy-makers of AIIB member countries.
- This year the Asian Infrastructure Forum was also launched.
- Experts discussed the project specially and discussed innovative financing for critical infrastructure needs.
- AIIB is a multilateral development bank whose objective is to improve social and economic development beyond Asia and beyond, which started working in January 2016.
- Its headquarters is in Beijing, China.
Reference:
http://www.aiib-am2018.gov.in/
https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/index.html
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/25/c_137279188.htm
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180172