CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s total contribution to the UN (including for all UN agencies) was Rs. 138 crore in 2013-14, Rs. 157 crore in 2014-15, Rs 244 crore in 2015-16, Rs. 170.28 crore in 2016-17 and Rs.

Detailed explanation-2: -India has paid USD 29.9 million in UN regular budget assessments for the year 2022. “#India proud to pay again in full! India joins the 2022 Honour Roll of 24 Member States out of 193 that have paid their UN Regular Budget Assessments in full, India’s Permanent Mission to the UN tweeted.

Detailed explanation-3: -The USA contributes the most with 22% while India with a 0.737% contribution ranks 24th. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a founding member of the United Nations and the host for its headquarters, the United States has been a chief guide and major funder of the organization for more than seventy years. The United States remains the largest donor to the United Nations.

Detailed explanation-5: -India has a long and distinguished history of service in UN peacekeeping, having contributed more personnel than any other country. To date, more than 244, 500 Indians have served in 49 of the 71 UN peacekeeping missions established around the world since 1948.