INTRODUCTION

•ESTABLISHED ON 8TH DECEMBER 1985

•FORMED BY 8 COUNTRIES

•AFGHANISTAN BECAME ITS 8TH MEMBER

IN APRIL 2007

•HEADQUARTERS-NEPAL

•SECREATRY- DR.SHEEL KANT SHARMA

•SAARC IS AN ECONOMIC & POLITICAL

ORGANISATION
 OBJECTIVES

•IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE & WELFARE OF PEOPLE

•ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

•STRENGHTEN SELF RELIANCE AMONG MEMBERS

•CONTRIBUTE MUTUAL TRUST & UNDERSTANDING

•ASSIST IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, TECHANICAL,

CULTURAL & SCIENTIFIC FIELDS

•STRENGHTEN COOPERATION AMONG THEMSELVES &

OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

•COOPERATE ON ISSUES LIKE WATER RESOURCES,

 SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

SAARC ALSO LOOKS IN CRITICAL AREAS LIKE

POVERTY, EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS & ARTS
.

POVERTY

ØTWELFTH SUMMIT DECLARED POVERTY ERRADICATION AS

THE MAIN GOAL

ØTHE PLAN OF ACTION INCLUDED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,

FIGHTING URBAN & RURAL POVERTY , MULTI-CULTURISM,
 EDUCATION

•OPTIMUM UTILIZATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES

•EMPHASIZED ON PROMOTION OF EDUCATION

•STANDARDISATION OF CURRICULA, MUTUAL

RECOGNITION OF COURSES

•SAARC TEACHERS FORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED

•FREE EDUCATION TO ALL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE

AGE OF 6-14YRS
 CULTURE SPORTS & ARTS

• PRACTICAL MEASURES FOR PROTECTION

CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
CULTURAL & PILGRIMAGE SITES

• ENCOURAGEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS & CULTURE

• LAST SAARC CULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN

DHAKA

• COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE

 SAPTA

• SOUTH ASIAN PREFERENTIAL TRADING AGREEMENT

• SIGNED ON 11TH APRIL 1993 IN DHAKA

• FRAMEWORK FOR TARIFF CONESSIONS

• PROMOTING TRADE & ECONOMIC COOPERATION

• INDIA, PAKISTAN & SRILANKA ARE NON-LEAST

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES(NLDCS)

•BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, MALDIVES & NEPAL

CATEGORIZED AS LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
 SAFTA

• SOUTH ASIAN FREE TRADE AREA

• SIGNED IN ISLAMABAD IN JANUARY 2004

• CAME INTO FORCE ON 1st JANUARY 2006

• TARIFF LIBERALISATION PROGRAMME (TLP)

• WAS INTRODUCED

• TLP COVERS ALL TARIFF LINES EXCEPT THE

SENSETIVE LIST

• STRENGHTENS ECONOMIC COOPERATION

MEMBERS & FUTURE MEMBERSHIP

CURRENT MEMBERS

•INDIA
•PAKISTAN
•SRILANKA
•NEPAL
•BHUTAN
•MALDIVES
•BANLADESH
•AFGHANISTAN
 FUTURE MEMBERSHIP

•CHINA SHOWED ITS INTREST IN ENTERING SAARC.

•ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN , IT ALSO STATED THAT

IT COULD PROVIDE EAST-WEST CONNECTIVITY.

•MYANMAR IS ANOTHER ASIAN COUNTRY WHICH

EXPRESSED ITS INTREST.
LIST OF SAARC SUMMITS

•DHAKA DECEMBER 7-8 1985

•BANGALORE NOVEMBER 19-17 1986
•KATHMANDU NOVEMBER 2-4 1987
•ISLAMABAD DECENBER 29-31 1988
•MALE NOVEMBER 21-23 1988
•COLOMBO DECEMBER 21,1991
•DHAKA APRIL 10-11 1993
•NEW DELHI MAY 2-4 1995
•MALE MAY 12-14 1997
•COLOMBO JULY 29-31 1998
•KATHMANDU JANUARY 4-6 2002
•ISLAMABAD JANUARY 2-6-2004
•DHAKA NOVEMBER 12-13 2005
•
 INTERVIEW WITH FEDEX
WE VISITED THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL EXPRESS AT SAHAR, ANDHERI.
WE MET THE HEAD OF SECURITY MR.WILFRED BRADFORD WHO
HELPED US THROUGH. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED TO HIM
WERE :

1. WHAT EXACTLY IS FEDEX?

• FEDEX TRANSFERS GOODS ON BEHALF OF THE EXPORTER WE
ARE THE
CARRIERSOF GOODS. WE PROVIDE SERVICES FROM AIRPORT TO
DOOR & ALSO
DOOR-TO-DOOR.

2. WHICH COUNTRIES DO YOU’LL DEAL WITH?

• WE TRANSPORT GOODS WITHIN INDIA AND ALSO TO ALL NATIONS
AROUND
THE WORLDINCLUDING THE SAARC AND THE EUROPEAN
NATIONS.
4. WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE THROUGH WHICH GOODS ARE
TRANSPORTED?
• THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES SENDS THEIR GOODS TO US. IT IS
OUR DUTY
TO CHECK IF THE GOODS ARE RESTRICTED BY THE OPPOSITE
COUNTRY. IT
ALSO HAS TO BE LEGAL, ACCORDINGLY WE PROCEEDE WITH
THE TRANSPORT

5. HOW LONG DOES THE WHOLE PROCEDURE TAKE?

• COMMODITIES LIKE HEAVY MACHINERY CANNOT BE
TRANSPORTED THROUGH
AIRWAYS, SO IT IS TRANSPORTED BY SHIP, WHICH MAY EVEN
TAKE 30 DAYS
DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE. DEPENDING ON THE URGENCY
OF THE
PRODUCT.
FOR EG: - IF IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS HAVE TO BE SENT
OVERNITE TO
7. DO YOU’LL FACE ANY PROBLEM WHILE TRANSPORTING TO ANTIONS
LIKE
PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN?
• NO, NOT REALLY WE TRANSFER ONLY AFTER ALL DOCUMENTS ARE
BEEN CLEARED.

8. DO YOU’LL PROVIDE PACKGING?

• MOST OF THE COMPANIES PACK THEIR OWN GOODS, IF THEY DON’T