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India works to forge consensus at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting
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India works to forge consensus at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting
India worked to build consensus among member-states at a recent SCO meeting, a Eurasian grouping that functions on a consensus-based decision model.
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India has been engaging with fellow member-states to build consensus at a recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting, ahead of India's hosting duties for related SCO engagements.
The SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and security grouping that includes China, Russia, Pakistan and Central Asian states, with India and Pakistan having joined as full members in 2017.
The grouping works through consensus among all members, which can complicate consensus-building whenever bilateral tensions exist between individual members.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- SCO
- consensus-based grouping
- India-China-Russia-Pakistan
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Prelims
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO, consensus-based grouping, India-China-Russia-Pakistan
Mains
Use as an example in GA answers (GS2 - International Relations: SCO, regional groupings).
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India and Pakistan joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as full members in which year?
- 2017
- 2001
- 2005
- 2022
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Answer: A — India and Pakistan became full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2017, having earlier held observer status; the SCO was founded in 2001 by China, Russia and Central Asian states.
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