{"id":86845,"date":"2019-11-25T14:01:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T14:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=86845"},"modified":"2019-11-25T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T14:01:39","slug":"kpcs-plenary-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/kpcs-plenary-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"KPCS Plenary 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: Where did the Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCSP) is being organized from 18 to 22 October 2019?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tNew York\n<br>(b)\tDavos\n<br>(c)\tMelbourne\n<br>(d)\tNew Delhi\n<strong><br>Answer: (d)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <strong>Plenary meeting of the Kimberley\nProcess Certification Scheme (KPCS<\/strong>) is being hosted by <strong>India<\/strong>, the\npresent <strong>Kimberley Process (KP) Chair<\/strong>, from <strong>18th&nbsp;to\n22nd&nbsp;November, 2019 in New Delhi<\/strong>. <\/li><li>The Plenary meeting was inaugurated by\nCommerce Secretary, <strong>Dr. Anup Wadhawan<\/strong>. <\/li><li><strong>India<\/strong>, as a founding member of KP, has been <strong>actively\ninvolved<\/strong> in the development of KP as an important protocol in <strong>trade of\ndiamonds<\/strong> which has ensured that 99.8% of the diamonds in the world are\nconflict free. <\/li><li>India has given leadership to address\nthe issue of <strong>differentiation between Natural Diamonds and Lab Grown Diamonds<\/strong>\nand will take further initiatives to have better differentiation and ensure\nresponsible business on this front. <\/li><li>India is sensitive to the issues and <strong>challenges\nof artisanal and small scale mining<\/strong> and acknowledges the contribution made\nby the KP members, observers and agencies for their upliftment.&nbsp; <\/li><li><strong>India<\/strong> exports around <strong>USD 24 billion<\/strong> <strong>cut\nand polished diamonds<\/strong> and it will reach an export target of <strong>USD 1\ntrillion in coming years<\/strong> and the gem and jewellery sector particularly cut\nand polished diamonds will contribute significantly to achieve this target.<\/li><li>The closing session of the KPCS will\nbe held on <strong>22nd&nbsp;November 2019<\/strong> in <strong>New Delhi<\/strong> and India will\nhand over the KP Chair to the <strong>Russian Federation<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The Kimberley Process is a <strong>joint\ninitiative involving Government, International Diamond Industry and Civil\nSociety<\/strong> to stem the flow of Conflict Diamonds.&nbsp; <\/li><li><strong>\u201cConflict\nDiamonds\u201d<\/strong> means rough diamonds used by rebel\nmovements or their allies to finance conflict aimed at undermining legitimate\ngovernments.&nbsp; It is also described in <strong>United Nations Security Council\n(UNSC) resolutions.<\/strong><\/li><li>The KPCS came to into effect from <strong>1st&nbsp;January,\n2003<\/strong> and evolved into an effective mechanism for stopping the trade in\nconflict diamonds.KPCS has <strong>55 members<\/strong> representing <strong>82\ncountries including EU with 28 members<\/strong>. <\/li><li>The Kimberley Process is chaired, on a\nrotating basis, by participating countries. <\/li><li>As per the Scheme, <strong>each shipment of\nrough diamonds<\/strong> being exported and imported by crossing an international\nborder be transported in a tamper proof container and accompanied by a <strong>validated\nKimberley Process Certificate<\/strong>. <\/li><li>Since 2003, <strong>India<\/strong> has been\nactively participating in the KPCS process and is a <strong>member of all Working\nGroups of KP (except for WGAAP).<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/li><li>Department of Commerce is the nodal\nDepartment and <strong>Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)<\/strong> is\ndesignated as the KPCS Importing and Exporting Authority in India. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=159197\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=159197<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Where did the Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCSP) is being organized from 18 to 22 October 2019? (a) New York (b) Davos (c) Melbourne (d) New Delhi Answer: (d) Related facts: The Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is being hosted by India, the present Kimberley Process [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}