{"id":86084,"date":"2026-02-05T13:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=86084"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:37:44","slug":"brics-centre-for-industrial-competencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brics-centre-for-industrial-competencies\/","title":{"rendered":"BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India joined the BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies (BCIC) at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched in partnership with <\/span><b>the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It serves as a <\/span><b>one-stop centre providing integrated support services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to manufacturing companies and <\/span><b>Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MSMEs) across BRICS countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>network-driven initiative under UNIDO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, supporting SMEs, industrial modernization, and digital transformation in BRICS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It focuses on <\/span><b>strengthening Industry 4.0 competencies.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Implementation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>National Productivity Council<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NPC) has been designated as the India Centre for BRICS Industrial Competencies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about BRICS<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>group of major emerging economies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that work together for economic cooperation, development, and global governance reforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The acronym \u2018<\/span><b>BRIC\u2019 was coined by Jim O\u2019Neill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Goldman Sachs economist) in 2001 to denote four emerging economies \u2013 Brazil, Russia, India, and China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRIC <\/span><b>held its first meeting in 2006<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the G8 Outreach Summit and its first standalone summit in Russia in 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the inclusion of <\/span><b>South Africa in 2010, BRIC became BRICS.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To strengthen <\/span><b>South-South cooperation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and increase the voice of developing countries at the global level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Member Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brazil, Russia, <\/span><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Indonesia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2222956&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies was launched in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). 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