Second anti-drug Working Group meeting of Heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS in New Delhi

• The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the second anti-drug Working Group meeting of Heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS
• The meeting is organized by the Narcotics Control Bureau
  (NCB).
• Delegates from the member countries, the Ambassadors of the respective countries are attended in the meeting
• The Indian delegation will be headed by Shri Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau
• In accordance with the ‘eThekwani Declaration‘ adopted during the BRICS summit in March 2013 at Durban, South Africa, it was decided to explore, besides economic issues, various new areas of cooperation among the member States, including drug related issues.
• It was decided that the heads of anti-drug agencies of the five member countries may meet regularly under the aegis of the BRICS anti-drug working group meeting.
• In keeping with the spirit of the eThekwani Declaration, the first anti-drug working group meeting of BRICS countries was organized at Moscow, Russia in November, 2015.

About BRICS: 

• Countries comprising BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
• First BRICS summit held in: Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 16, 2009
• 7th BRICS summit held in: Russia, 2015
• 8th BRICS summit held in: Goa, India 2016

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. Second anti-drug Working Group meeting of Heads of Drug was held in: a)Goa b)New Delhi c)Mumbai d)None of these

source: Indian express