CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Government Officer Anwar Hussain Shaik has been made the chair of the World Trade Organisation’s Committee on Technical Barriers on Trade. Mr. Shaik will take this role from Elisa Maria Olmeda de Alejandro from Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to World Trade Organisation? Notes: Veteran Bureaucrat and 1999-batch IAS officer, Brajendra Navnit has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India (PRI) to the World Trade Organisation for a period of three years.

Detailed explanation-3: -This page gathers key information on India’s participation in the WTO. India has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 8 July 1948.