and Museum, the Indian Hospice and the cemetery for Indian soldiers in Jerusalem. The Minister of State for Communications and IT, Shri Sachin Pilot, visited Israel from 30 May-1 June, <strong>2011</strong>. The Israeli Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Orit Noked, visited India from 28 April-3 May, <strong>2011</strong>, during which a joint declaration was signed. The Israeli Minister of Tourism, Mr Stas Misezhnikov, visited India from 4-10 September, <strong>2011</strong>, and met India's Ministers of Tourism and Civil Aviation with the objective of increasing the number of Indian tourists visiting Israel. During the visit of the Israeli Internal Security Minister, Mr Yitzhak Aharanovitch, in November <strong>2011</strong>, discussions with the Home Minister took place on furthering cooperation in home land security. The Israeli Finance Minister, Dr Yuval Steinitz, visited India from 13-16 December, <strong>2011</strong>, to participate in the Delhi Economic Conference. During the visit, he met the Finance Minister, the Human Resource Development Minister, the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and the National Security Advisor. The Secretary (East), Shri Sanjay Singh, led the Indian side for the India-Israel Foreign Office Consultations in Israel in June <strong>2011</strong>. A 19-member team from the National Defence College visited Israel in October <strong>2011</strong>. The fourth meeting of the India-Israel Forum (IIF) was held in Tel Aviv on 31 August-1 September, <strong>2011</strong>. The Indian delegation was led by Mr Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Infrastructure, Information and Innovation. The Israeli side was led by Mr Aharon Fogel, Chairman, Migdal Insurance Financial Holdings Ltd. Among other bilateral visits to Israel, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda, visited in April <strong>2011</strong>; the Defence Secretary, Shri Pradeep Kumar, in May <strong>2011</strong> for the JWG on Defence; the CAG, Shri Vinod Rai, visited in May <strong>2011</strong>; the Reserve Bank of India Governor, Dr D Subbarao, visited in June <strong>2011</strong>; a-five member MPs' delegation visited in November <strong>2011</strong>; and, the Minister of Water Resources, Government of Kerala, visited in November <strong>2011</strong>. Palestine India reiterated its unwavering support for the Palestinian people's struggle for a sovereign, independent, viable and 49 united State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, within secure and recognised borders, side-by-side and at peace with Israel as endorsed in the Arab Peace Initiative, the Quartet Road Map and relevant UN Security Council Resolutions. India also welcomed and supported the Palestinian move in the UN Security Council for securing membership of the UN. Our Prime Minister in his speech in the UN General Assembly declared that India looks forward to welcoming Palestine as an equal member of the United Nations. The Former Foreign Minister of Palestine, Dr Nabeel Shaath, visited India from 23-25 August, <strong>2011</strong>, as the Special Envoy of the President, Mahmoud Abbas, to seek support for Palestine's bid for UN membership. During his visit, he met the External Affairs Minister, Shri S M Krishna, and the Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri E Ahamed. The Minister of State, Shri E Ahamed, visited Palestine from 18-20 November, <strong>2011</strong> to participate in the inauguration of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) sponsored Sports Complex for the Ramallah Municipality. The Minister met the President of Palestine National Authority and reiterated India's support to Palestine. A cheque of US$ 1 million was handed over during the visit to the Commissioner-General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide daily supplementary food assistance to more than 76,000 students attending UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip under the UNRWA's Emergency Programme. The External Affairs Minister Shri S M Krishna, visited Ramallah on January 11, <strong>2012</strong>, for bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister, the President of the Palestine National Authority, and the Foreign Minister. During his bilateral meetings with the Palestinian dignitaries, he reiterated India's support to Palestine. Syria The Gulf, West Asia and North Africa The Syrian Vice Foreign Minister, Dr Faisal Mekdad, visited India from 31 July - 2 August, <strong>2011</strong>. He called on the External Affairs Minister, Shri S M Krishna, and also met the Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri E Ahamed. Dr Mekdad briefed the External Affairs Minister about the prevailing situation in Syria. Shri Krishna expressed concern on the escalation of violence and urged the Government of Syria to exercise restraint, abjure violence and expedite the implementation of political reforms taking into account the aspirations of the people of Syria. The Minister of State also reiterated the same during his meeting with Dr Mekdad.
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> - <strong>2012</strong> Shri Dilip Sinha, Additional Secretary for International Organisations, visited Syria on 10 August, <strong>2011</strong>, as part of the IBSA delegation. The delegation called on the President 50 of Syria,. Mr Bashar Al-Assad, and the Foreign Minister, Mr Walid Al-Moualem, in Damascus, to discuss the prevailing situation in Syria and the way forward.
- Page 2 and 3:
Annual Report 2011-2012 Ministry of
- Page 4 and 5:
Contents Introduction and Synopsis
- Page 6 and 7:
Introduction and Synopsis India's f
- Page 8 and 9:
India-ASEAN Summit and the 6th East
- Page 10 and 11:
Jigme Tshultim. The Indian Home Min
- Page 12 and 13:
Pakistan: India seeks a peaceful re
- Page 14 and 15:
Energy. Parliamentary contacts betw
- Page 16 and 17:
numbering about 18,000. As the situ
- Page 18 and 19:
Additionally, there were several Mi
- Page 20 and 21:
firmly back on the centrestage of t
- Page 22 and 23:
in different parts of the world. In
- Page 24 and 25:
Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) for acqu
- Page 26 and 27: its efforts to remain active in the
- Page 28 and 29: Afghanistan India and Afghanistan h
- Page 30 and 31: Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
- Page 32 and 33: Bangladesh counterpart to permit lo
- Page 34 and 35: The King of Bhutan, His Majesty Jig
- Page 36 and 37: 23 September, 2011, under the India
- Page 38 and 39: The External Affairs Minister, Shri
- Page 40 and 41: To enhance the interaction between
- Page 42 and 43: The External Affairs Minister, Shri
- Page 44 and 45: India is also involved in projects
- Page 46 and 47: ICCR (July 2011); Ambassador Lalit
- Page 48 and 49: level exchanges and further enhance
- Page 50 and 51: The External Affairs Minister, Shri
- Page 52 and 53: attended by three Philippines diplo
- Page 54 and 55: political exchanges, trade and inve
- Page 56 and 57: Japan India-Japan relations have un
- Page 58 and 59: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Si
- Page 60 and 61: proposals for cooperation between t
- Page 62 and 63: Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
- Page 64 and 65: Communication Technology in Yerevan
- Page 66 and 67: Minister for Defence, Shri A K Anto
- Page 68 and 69: The Gulf, West Asia and North Afric
- Page 70 and 71: Cultural Relations. India has also
- Page 72 and 73: The External Affairs Minister, Shri
- Page 74 and 75: for Petroleum, Mr Ali Ahamed Osman.
- Page 78 and 79: India's historical relationship wit
- Page 80 and 81: Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
- Page 82 and 83: institutionalised engagement with i
- Page 84 and 85: Indian Army Training Team and discu
- Page 86 and 87: Summit decisions. In addition, thre
- Page 88 and 89: Minister for International Relation
- Page 90 and 91: agriculture were discussed. The two
- Page 92 and 93: Gabon India has offered to establis
- Page 94 and 95: Austria Europe & European Union Ind
- Page 96 and 97: The President of Czech Republic, Mr
- Page 98 and 99: Ministerial visits from the Indian
- Page 100 and 101: Cooperation in the fields of Cultur
- Page 102 and 103: Minister of Home Affairs, Shri Kama
- Page 104 and 105: President of the European Council,
- Page 106 and 107: The External Affairs Minister, Shri
- Page 108 and 109: The Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Sh
- Page 110 and 111: textiles, chemicals, iron and steel
- Page 112 and 113: our Department of Science and Techn
- Page 114 and 115: etween ICCR and University of Edinb
- Page 116 and 117: Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
- Page 118 and 119: in 2005. There have been 55 joint e
- Page 120 and 121: Indian students, numbering nearly 1
- Page 122 and 123: Secretary, Shri Rahul Khullar, visi
- Page 124 and 125: scholars and academicians who visit
- Page 126 and 127:
part of the 150th Birth Anniversary
- Page 128 and 129:
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Si
- Page 130 and 131:
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
- Page 132 and 133:
Piracy Given the threat to internat
- Page 134 and 135:
meetings with the Vice President, t
- Page 136 and 137:
Ministry of Environment & Forests,
- Page 138 and 139:
the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' in Febr
- Page 140 and 141:
Assembly urged the States to intens
- Page 142 and 143:
Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products,
- Page 144 and 145:
UN Disarmament Commission India par
- Page 146 and 147:
including India. The meeting adopte
- Page 148 and 149:
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
- Page 150 and 151:
with Canada co-chairs the G-20 Fram
- Page 152 and 153:
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
- Page 154 and 155:
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Si
- Page 156 and 157:
Technical and Economic Cooperation
- Page 158 and 159:
Projects and Project-related Activi
- Page 160 and 161:
Tractors supplied to Tanzania under
- Page 162 and 163:
Given the country's increasing depe
- Page 164 and 165:
• Scrutiny of restricted map shee
- Page 166 and 167:
10. Mr Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister
- Page 168 and 169:
8 Myanmar U Zin Yaw 12 August, 2011
- Page 170 and 171:
Passport Offices Consular, Passport
- Page 172 and 173:
Indian Passport Printing System (CI
- Page 174 and 175:
Administration and Establishment Th
- Page 176 and 177:
Right to Information and Chief Publ
- Page 178 and 179:
Coordination Division is the link b
- Page 180 and 181:
important day-to-day developments.
- Page 182 and 183:
Since its establishment in 2006, th
- Page 184 and 185:
Over 50 Indian Missions/ Posts open
- Page 186 and 187:
September 2011. The Training Progra
- Page 188 and 189:
A new Division - Parliament & VIP -
- Page 190 and 191:
ICCR has now 91 chairs abroad out o
- Page 192 and 193:
Malaysia, Australia, Suriname, Irel
- Page 194 and 195:
Indian Council of World Affairs Dur
- Page 196 and 197:
Research and Information System for
- Page 198 and 199:
the ASEAN-India economic partnershi
- Page 200 and 201:
sketches the roadmap for forging fu
- Page 202 and 203:
On request from HCI, Port of Spain,
- Page 204 and 205:
Appendices
- Page 206 and 207:
Appendix I Treaties/Conventions/Agr
- Page 208 and 209:
Appendix I Sl. Title of Convention/
- Page 210 and 211:
Appendix I Sl. Title of Convention/
- Page 212 and 213:
Appendix I Sl. Title of Convention/
- Page 214 and 215:
Appendix I Sl. Title of Convention/
- Page 216 and 217:
Appendix II Instruments of Full Pow
- Page 218 and 219:
Appendix II Sl. No. Convention/Trea
- Page 220 and 221:
Appendix III Sl. No. Instruments of
- Page 222 and 223:
Appendix IV S.No. Country S.No. Cou
- Page 224 and 225:
Appendix V List of ITEC/SCAAP Empan
- Page 226 and 227:
Appendix VI Conferences/Seminars/St
- Page 228 and 229:
Appendix VII Name of No. of No. of
- Page 230 and 231:
Appendix IX Cadre strength at Headq
- Page 232 and 233:
Appendix XI Number of IFS Officers
- Page 234 and 235:
Appendix XIII The Budget Allocation
- Page 236 and 237:
Appendix XV Principal Destinations
- Page 238 and 239:
Abbreviations AALCO Asian African L