India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in March 2021, with which of the following countries on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation?
India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in March 2021, with which of the following countries on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation? Correct Answer Bangladesh
The correct answer is Bangladesh.
Key PointsMoU between India and Bangladesh -
- Cabinet approved MoU between India and Bangladesh.
- The MoU signed on 27 March 2021 seeks to foster cooperation between the two countries in the field of disaster management, resilience and mitigation.
- It seeks to put in place a system, whereby both India and Bangladesh will be benefited from the Disaster Management mechanisms of each other and it will help in strengthening the areas of preparedness, response and capacity building in the field of Disaster Management.
- Hence option 3 is correct.
- Salient features of the MoU -
- Extending mutual support to one another during large-scale disasters.
- Exchange of information, remote sensing data, etc. and sharing best practices for disaster response, recovery, etc.
- Extending cooperation in advanced information technology, early warning systems, navigation services, etc. towards real-time data sharing.
- Training officials in the field of disaster management.
- Conducting joint disaster management exercises bilaterally.
- Sharing standards, technologies and tools for creating disaster management communities.
- Exchanging publications, guidelines, etc. on disaster management.
- The MOU seeks to foster better cooperation between the relevant authorities of both countries so as to discourage unfair trade practices and promote rule-based bilateral trading between the two countries.
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