{"id":97552,"date":"2026-04-10T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97552"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:56:12","slug":"commonwealth-parliamentary-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/commonwealth-parliamentary-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Parliamentary Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India Region Zone VII Conference was inaugurated in Goa by the Lok Sabha Speaker.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Commonwealth Parliamentary Association<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the oldest <\/span><b>established organisations in the Commonwealth.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>founded in 1911.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a membership association which brings together Members, who are united by community of interest, respect for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/rule-of-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">rule of law<\/a><\/strong> and individual rights and freedoms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Association is <\/span><b>made up of over 180 Legislatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or Branches) divided up <\/span><b>between nine geographic regions of the Commonwealth.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its mission is to <\/span><b>promote the advancement of parliamentary democracy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by enhancing knowledge and understanding of democratic governance, youth engagement in democracy, gender equality and equal representation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> London, United Kingdom.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about CPA India Region<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises a <\/span><b>total of 32 Legislatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, After the Africa Region, India has the largest number of member Branches of the CPA.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Administratively, the CPA India Region <\/span><b>is divided into 9 zones.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 1: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 2: Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Punjab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 3: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 4: Odisha, West Bengal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 5:\u00a0 Bihar, Jharkhand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 6: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 7: Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 8: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zone 9: Kerala, Puducherry (UT), Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The CPA India Regional Chairperson:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lok Sabha Speaker, Parliament of India\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Secretariat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is based <\/span><b>within the Lok Sabha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the Parliament of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/ls-speaker-om-birla-inaugurates-commonwealth-parliamentary-association-india-region-zone-vii-conference-in-goa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is one of the oldest established organisations in the Commonwealth. 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