SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL CO-OPERATION (SAARC)

*Headquarters

Ans : Kathmandu (Nepal)

*Founded on

Ans : December 8,1985 (Dhaka)

*Member countries

Ans : 8

*Member countries

Ans : Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka

*Last member

Ans : Afghanistan (2007)

*The idea of SAARC was put forward by -

Ans : Zia-Ur - Rahman(Bangladesh President)

*The summit which decided to form SAARC

Ans : Dhaka Summit (1985)

*First Chairman of SAARC

Ans : H.M.Ershad

*First General Secretary of SAARC

Ans : Abdul Ahzar

*The idea of SAARC was put forward by

Ans : Zia-Ur-Rahman(Bangladesh President)

*Largest regional intergovernmental organization

Ans : SAARC

*SAARC summits in India were held in

Ans : 1986; 1995 and 2007

*SAARC University is situated at

Ans : New Delhi

*Cultural capital of SAARC in 2017

Ans : Dhaka

* Largest member country in SAARC 

Ans : India

*Smallest member country in SAARC 

Ans : Maldives

*SAARC Agricultural Centre 

Ans : Dhaka

*SAARC Meteorological Research Centre

Ans : Dhaka

*SAARC Forestry Centre 

Ans : Thimbu

*SAARC Development Fund 

Ans : Thimbu

*SAARC Documentation Centre 

Ans : New Delhi

*SAARC Disaster Management Centre

Ans : New Delhi

*SAARC Coastal Management Centre

Ans : Male

*SAARC Information Centre

Ans : Kathmandu

* SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre

Ans : Kathmandu

*SAARC Human Resources and Development Centre

Ans : Islamabad 

*SAARC Energy Centre 

Ans : Islamabad 

*SAARC Cultural Centre 

Ans : Islamabad

DESIGNATED SAARC YEARS

*1989 - SAARC Year of Combating Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking

*1990 - SAARC Year of Girl Child

*1991- SAARC Year of Shelter

*1992 - SAARC Year of Environment

*1993 - SAARC Year of Disabled Persons

*1994 - SAARC Year of the Youth

*1995 - SAARC Year of Poverty Eradication

*1996 - SAARC Year of Literacy

*1997 - SAARC Year of Participatory Governance

*1999 - SAARC Year of Biodiversity  Biodiversity 

*2002-2003 - SAARC Year of Contribution of Youth to Environment

*2004 - SAARC Awareness Year for TB and HIV/AIDS

*2005 - South Asia Tourism Year

SAARC DECADES

*1991-2000

Ans : SAARC Decade of the Girl Child

*2001-2010

Ans : SAARC Decade of the Rights of the Child

* 2006-2015

Ans : Poverty Eradication 

*2010-2020

Ans : Intra Regional Connectivity