{"id":49565,"date":"2025-06-08T15:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49565"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:41:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:11:03","slug":"brics-parliamentary-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brics-parliamentary-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"BRICS Parliamentary Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BRICS Parliamentary Forum Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the 11th BRICS Parliamentary Forum concluded in Brasilia, Brazil.<\/p>\n<h2>About BRICS Parliamentary Forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a vital platform for dialogue among parliaments of\u00a0<strong>BRICS member countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The expanded BRICS parliamentary forum now includes India, Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa, Iran, the UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>1st BRICS Parliamentary Forum<\/strong>\u00a0was held during Russia\u2019s Chairship on\u00a0<strong>8 June 2015<\/strong>\u00a0in Moscow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India hosted<\/strong>\u00a0the BRICS Parliamentary Forum in\u00a0<strong>October 2016<\/strong>\u00a0on the sidelines of the 135th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chairmanship:\u00a0<\/strong>This forum\u2019s Chairmanship rotates among its members\u00a0<strong>annually.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>India<\/strong>\u00a0was officially handed over the\u00a0<strong>chairmanship\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0<strong>12th BRICS Parliamentary<\/strong>\u00a0Forum, scheduled to be held in 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Facts About BRICS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BRICS is an acronym for\u00a0<strong>Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa<\/strong>, a bloc of countries that formed a partnership following the creation of\u00a0<strong>the term in 2001<\/strong>\u00a0by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O&#8217;Neill (but it didn&#8217;t include South Africa at the time).<\/li>\n<li>South Africa joined in 2010, making it &#8220;BRICS&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The group was designed to bring together the world&#8217;s most important developing countries to challenge the political and economic power of the wealthier nations of North America and Western Europe.<\/li>\n<li>BRICS Grouping New Members:\u00a0<strong>Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates<\/strong>, and Egypt joined BRICS\u00a0<strong>in 2024.Indonesia\u00a0<\/strong>joined the bloc as a full member on\u00a0<strong>January 6, 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>BRICS Parliamentary Forum FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0Which countries are in the BRICS forum?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0The BRICS is a group formed by eleven countries: Brasil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:\u00a0<\/strong>What is the goal of BRICS?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0The primary goals of BRICS are to promote economic growth, development, and cooperation among its member countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/india-assumes-chair-of-12th-brics-parliamentary-forum-as-member-nations-unite-against-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dd News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRICS Parliamentary Forum is a vital platform for dialogue among parliaments of BRICS member 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