"//6"-3&1035 .JOJTUSZPG&YUFSOBM"GGBJST /FX%FMIJ 1VCMJTIFECZ 1PMJDZ1MBOOJOHBOE3FTFBSDI%JWJTJPO .JOJTUSZPG&YUFSOBM"GGBJST /FX%FMIJ 5IJT"OOVBM3FQPSUDBOBMTPCFBDDFTTFEBUXFCTJUFXXXNFBHPWJO 5IFGSPOUBOECBDLDPWFSTEFQJDU4PVUI#MPDLJMMVNJOBUFEBUOJHIU %FTJHOFEBOEQSJOUFECZ $VSSFOU1SJOU1SPEVDUJPOT 1 -UE %' #*(+0hT5PXFS " /FUBKJ4VCIBTI1MBDF 1JUBNQVSB /FX%FMIJ &NBJMDVSSFOUQSJOU!HNBJMDPN CONTENTS Introduction and Synopsis ..........................................................i-xxvi 1. India’s Neighbours . 01 2. South-East Asia and Asia-Pacific . 25 3. East Asia . 43 4. Eurasia . 49 5. The Gulf and West Asia . 57 6. Africa. 68 7. Europe and European Union . 99 8. The Americas. 134 9. United Nations and International Organizations & Legal and Treaties Division . 161 10. Disarmament and International Security Affairs . 176 11. Multilateral Economic Relations . 182 12. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) & The Bay of Bengal. 186 Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) 13. Development Cooperation. 190 14. Economic Diplomacy . 196 15. States . 199 16. Counter Terrorism . 202 17. Global Cyber Issues . 203 18. Boundary Cell . 204 19. Policy Planning and Research . 205 20. Protocol. 207 21. Consular, Passport and Visa Services . 215 22. Overseas Indian Affairs. 226 23. Administration and Establishment . 234 24. Right to Information and Chief Public Information Office . 237 25. E-Governance and Information Technology . 238 26. Parliament and Coordination Division . 240 27. External Publicity & Public Diplomacy Division . 243 28. Foreign Service Institute . 247 29. Nalanda Division . 251 30. Implementation of Official Language Policy & Propagation of Hindi Abroad. 252 31. Indian Council for Cultural Relations . 253 32. Indian Council of World Affairs . 254 33. Research and Information System for Developing Countries . 265 34. Library and Archives . 276 35. Finance and Budget . 278 APPENDICES Appendix I Conference Division . 279 Appendix II List of Treaties/Agreements Concluded/Signed by India during 2017 . 281 Appendix III List of Treaties/Agreements for which Instrument of Full Powers issued by . 316 India during 2017 Appendix IV List of Treaties/Agreements Ratified/Acceded by India during 2017 . 318 Appendix V List of Partner Countries under the ITEC Programme . 324 Appendix VI Conferences/Seminars/Study projects organized/undertaken by . 327 Universities/Institutions funded partially or wholly by Policy Planning and Research Division during 2017-18 Appendix VII Statement showing the number of Passport services rendered by Passport . 328 Offices, Indian Headquarters, Missions/Posts Abroad Appendix VIII List of POPSK inaugurated till date (Phase-I) . 330 Appendix IX Cadre Strength at Headquarters and Missions abroad . 334 Appendix X Data on recruitment through DR, DP and LDE Modes . 335 Appendix XI No. of IFS officers with proficiency in various languages . 336 Appendix XII MEA Actual Expenditure: Financial Year (FY) 2009-10 to FY 2016-17 . 337 Appendix XIII Major Sectoral Allocations in Financial Year (FY) 2017-18 . 338 Appendix XIV Principal Destinations of India’s Technical Cooperation Programmes . 339 Appendix XV Status of Pending C & AG Audit Paragraphs . 340 Abbreviations . 341 *OUSPEVDUJPOBOE4ZOPQTJT 5IFZFBSTBXUIFDPOUJOVBUJPOPGBQSBHNBUJDBOE 3FMBUJPOTXJUI#BOHMBEFTIXFSFNBSLFECZQSPHSFTTJOUIFBSFBT PVUDPNFPSJFOUFEGPSFJHOQPMJDZ BJNFEBUBDIJFWJOHUIFLFZ PGDJWJMOVDMFBSFOFSHZ TQBDFBOEEFGFODFDPPQFSBUJPOFUD" HPBMTPGFOTVSJOHOBUJPOBMTFDVSJUZBOEVQIPMEJOHUFSSJUPSJBM UIJSE-JOFPG$SFEJUXPSUI64CJMMJPOXBTBOOPVODFE UIBU JOUFHSJUZ BUUBJOJOH OBUJPOBM FDPOPNJD USBOTGPSNBUJPO BOE XJMM DPWFS OFYUHFOFSBUJPO QSPKFDUT JO QPSU DPOTUSVDUJPO BEESFTTJOH SFHJPOBM BOE HMPCBM JTTVFT 5IJT BQQSPBDI XBT SBJMXBZT QPXFSFOFSHZ UFMFDPNNVOJDBUJPOTBOETIJQQJOH SFnFDUFEJOUIFSFWJUBMJTBUJPOPGPVSUSBEJUJPOBMUJFT JOPVSSF *OUFOTJWF IJHIMFWFM FYDIBOHFT XJUI 4SJ 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