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Q92 (IAS/2025) International Relations & Global Affairs › International Organisations & Groupings › Intergovernmental groupings Answer Verified

Consider the following statements in respect of BIMSTEC : I. It is a regional organization consisting of seven member States till January 2025. II. It came into existence with the signing of the Dhaka Declaration, 1999. III. Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Nepal are founding member States of BIMSTEC. IV. In BIMSTEC, the subsector of 'tourism' is being led by India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Your answer: —  ·  Correct: C
Explanation

The correct answer is option C because statements I and IV are correct.

Statement I is correct: BIMSTEC consists of seven member States - Bangladesh, Bhutan,[1] India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. This composition remains valid till January 2025.

Statement II is incorrect: BIMSTEC was established in Bangkok in 1997[2], not through the Dhaka Declaration in 1999. The organization celebrated its 25th anniversary (Silver Jubilee) in 2022, confirming the 1997 establishment date.

Statement III is incorrect because while Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand were founding members in 1997, Nepal joined later. Bhutan and Myanmar also joined subsequently, which is why it took time to reach the current seven-member composition.

Statement IV is correct: India is the lead country for tourism[5] along with other sectors like transport and communications, counter-terrorism, and environment and disaster management within BIMSTEC's sectoral cooperation framework.

Sources

  1. [1] https://mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/187_Foreign-Relations-2004.pdf
  2. [2] https://www.mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/36286_MEA_Annual_Report_2022_English_web.pdf
  3. [3] https://www.mea.gov.in/images/pdf/main_2008.pdf
  4. [4] https://mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/187_Foreign-Relations-2004.pdf
  5. [5] https://www.mea.gov.in/images/pdf/indias_foreign_relations_2010.pdf
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Statement 1
List the member states of BIMSTEC as of January 2025 and state the total number of member states.
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Presence: 5/5
"member States viz. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand,"
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  • The passage explicitly lists the countries described as 'BIMSTEC member States'.
  • All seven named countries in the quote correspond to BIMSTEC membership names needed to answer the statement.

Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 4: International Organisations > Major contributors to the UN regular budget for 2019 > p. 53
Strength: 4/5
“• No.: 1; Member State: USA; %: 22.0 • No.: 2; Member State: China; %: 12.0 • No.: 3; Member State: Japan; %: 8.5 • No.: 4; Member State: Germany; %: 6.0 • No.: 5; Member State: UK; %: 4.5 • No.: 6; Member State: France; %: 4.4 • No.: 7; Member State: Italy; %: 3.3 • No.: 8; Member State: Brazil; %: 2.9 • No.: 9; Member State: Canada; %: 2.7 • No.: 10; Member State: Russia; %: 2.4 • No.: 11; Member State: Republic of Korea; %: 2.2 • No.: 12; Member State: Australia; %: 2.2 • No.: 13; Member State: Spain; %: 2.1 • No.: 14; Member State: Turkey; %: 1.3 • No.: 15; Member State: Netherlands; %: 1.3 • No.: 16; Member State: Mexico; %: 1.2 • No.: 17; Member State: Saudi Arabia; %: 1.1 • No.: 18; Member State: Switzerland; %: 1.1 • No.: 19; Member State: Argentina; %: 0.9 • No.: 20; Member State: Sweden; %: 0.9 • No.: 21; Member State: India; %: 0.8 • Source: www.un.org”
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This snippet shows how textbooks present authoritative lists of member states (ordered entries with country names and percentages) for an international organisation.

How to extend

A student could use the same approach—consult the official BIMSTEC site or authoritative sources—and expect to find a similarly formatted list of member states to compile and count.

Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 18: International Economic Institutions > 18.26 Indian Economy > p. 536
Strength: 5/5
“• Headquarters of WTO is in Geneva, Switzerland. • WTO is headed by a Director General whose term is 4 years and is renewable. • Current Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (since March 2021). • Membership of WTO \alpha • WTO presently has 164 member states (including India as a founding member). • The members of WTO represent 98 per cent of the World Trade (as per 2019 Annual Report of WTO). • The latest member to join WTO was Afghanistan (in 2016). • EU is also a member of WTO. India has conducted two mini-ministerials till now (in 2018 and 2019).”
Why relevant

This snippet demonstrates the practice of stating an organisation's total membership (e.g., 'WTO presently has 164 member states') in a textbook.

How to extend

A student should look for an explicit membership total for BIMSTEC in official/authoritative sources (or in summary lines of reference texts) to determine the total number as of January 2025.

Introduction to the Constitution of India, D. D. Basu (26th ed.). > Chapter 24: DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE POWERS > REFERENCES > p. 382
Strength: 4/5
“• 1. The creation of Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) and Jharkhand States by carving out their territories from the territories of the Madhya Pradesh, the Uttar Pradesh and the Bihar States respectively in 2000 has raised the number of States from 25 to 28. Telengana became the 29th State in 2014. The number has now come down to 28 as the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir has been reorganised into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.• 2”
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This snippet illustrates that the number of states/members in political entities can change over time and that textbooks note such changes (with dates and explanations).

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A student should therefore treat membership as time-sensitive and verify the BIMSTEC membership specifically 'as of January 2025' by checking sources dated at or after that time.

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