The Supreme Court on Monday commuted 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's death sentence to life imprisonment. 

Bhullar was convicted for his involvement in 1993 Delhi bomb blast case and his wife Navneet Kaur had sought commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment on grounds of delay in deciding his mercy petition and also on grounds he is suffering from mental illness. 

On March 27, the central government had told the apex court that there was delay in the deciding death row convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's mercy petition and the court could decide on his wife's plea for commutation of death sentence into life imprisonment. 

A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice RM Lodha, Justice HL Dattu and Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya was told that the court, by its January 21 verdict, had already decided that inordinate and unexplained delay in deciding the mercy petition by the President is a ground for commuting death sentence into life imprisonment. 

Appreciating the position articulated by the Centre, the SC said that it was a fair stand and reserved its order which was pronounced today. 

Three terrorists in Army fatigues opened fire at a vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on 28th March, killing one person and injuring three others.
The injured have been shifted to Government Medical College Hospital,  adding a high alert has been sounded by the security agencies. 

Security has been stepped up at Army camps and important places in Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts. 

This is the second major terror attack in Kathua district. On September 26, 2013, three heavily-armed terrorists had attacked a police station and an Army camp in the border districts of Kathua and Samba, killing ten people, including four policemen and a Army officer. 

The Supreme Court on 28th March allowed Chennai Superkings and Rajasthan Royals to play in IPL Season 7. The apex court also asked BCCI chief N Srinivasan not to discharge functions till the final orders of the court.

Former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar has been asked to act as chief of the board for all matters relating to the IPL. The BCCI vice-president will function in place of Srinivasan for all other matters of the Board.

Some Judgment of Honorable Supreme Court:

• Gavaskar to be compensated for the job of interim president by BCCI. Sunil Gavaskar to replace N Srinivasan, to discharge function as BCCI president only for IPL 7. For non-IPL BCCI affairs, Shivlal Yadav will take charge. SC asks Gavaskar to get out of contractual obligations with BCCI for commentary.
• IPL matches of season 7 to go on as per schedule. The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Chennai Superkings and Rajasthan Royals to play in IPL Season 7, ending speculation that they will not be allowed to play this time.
• Except players and commentators, no other employee of India Cements or its subsidiary or associate companies will participate in any duties.
• SC asks Gavaskar whether IPL COO Sundar Raman need to be replaced.
• SC refuses to pass any order for allowing N Srinivasan to participate in activities of ICC.

Air pollution killed an estimated 7 million people around the world in 2012, making it the biggest environmental health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) said
The situation was worst in developing and emerging countries in Southern Asia, South-East Asia and East Asia, where a total of 3.3 million deaths were linked to indoor air pollution and 2.6 million to outdoor pollution

Use of wood, coal or dung for cooking is the biggest indoor polluter.

In Europe’s industrialised countries, 279,000 deaths could be traced to air pollution.

The WHO said bad air quality outside was a result of unsustainable policies in the transport, energy and waste sectors, as well as in industry.

Cleaning up the air would reduce risks, especially for vulnerable children and the elderly, the UN health body said.

The US and top economic powers have cancelled an upcoming G8 summit to build pressure on Russia against its military action in Ukraine.

After the talks on the Ukraine crisis in The Hague, it was announced on Monday that the G8 summit scheduled in Sochi in June would be replaced by a G7 meeting in Brussels, without Russian involvement.

The decision was taken by leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the US, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission following their meeting in The Hague on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.

Supreme Court has asked to BCCI President N. Srinivasan for step down from post if fair probe has to carried into IPL Spot fixing and betting scandal.
After going through the contents of a report filed in a sealed cover by apex court-appointed probe panel into the scandal, a bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said there are "very very serious" allegations made in the report and unless the BCCI president steps down, no fair probe can be conducted. 
During the hearing, BCCI pleaded before the court not to disclose the contents and names of players mentioned in the report.

Commission will hold a Combined All India Open Examination for recruitment to the posts ofJunior Hindi Translators (in Subordinate Offices) , Hindi Pradhyapak Pradhyapak in Central HindiTraining Institute and Senior/Junior Translators under Ministry of Defence. The Examination will comprise of a Written Examination followed by Interview.

Closing date for apply: 18th April (5 P.M.)

Link : http://ssc.nic.in/notice/examnotice/NoticeJHTExamination_2014.pdf

Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh breathed his last in the national capital on Thursday. Singh was suffering from some breathing problem before he passed away. The writer of several books and recipient of Padma Vibhushan, Singh was not keeping well of late.

His last book The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous was also released by his son Rahul Singh. Other works of the writer include Train to Pakistan, The History of Sikhs, Black Jasmine, Tradition of Punjab and many others.

Singh will be cremated in Lodhi Auditorium, Delhi at 4 pm on Thursday. 

India and China held their third round of the strategic economic dialogue in Beijing on 18th March focusing on collaboration in a number of areas, including railways and information technology. 

The Indian side at the talks is headed by deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia while Xu Shaoshi, chairman of the National Reforms Development Commission (NDRC) led the Chinese delegation. 

Ahead of the talks, five working groups covering different areas finalised the details for the high-level economic and trade dialogue between the two countries. 

Besides attending the SED, Ahluwalia would call on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on 19th March. 

The working groups covered areas like infrastructure, mainly the railways and operationalise the agreement for service centres to be set up in India for Chinese power equipment, environment and resources protection, water management and policy coordination, collaboration on planning and urbanisation, cooperation in high technology including the IT sector. 

The United States and European Union imposed personal sanctions on 17th March on Russian and Crimean officials involved in the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the region as a sovereign state.
The moves heightened the most serious East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War, following a disputed referendum in the Black Sea peninsula on Sunday in which Crimea's leaders declared a Soviet-style, 97-per cent vote to secede from Ukraine.
Putin will on 18th March address a special joint session of Russia's State Duma, or parliament, which could take a decision on annexation of the majority ethnic-Russian region.

The final results of the referendum in Crimea show that 97 per cent of voters have supported leaving Ukraine to join Russia, the head of the referendum election commission said on Monday.

Mikhail Malyshev told a televised news conference that the final tally from Sunday’s vote was 96.8 percent in favour of splitting from Ukraine. He also said that the commission has not registered a single complaint about the vote.

The referendum was widely condemned by Western leaders who were planning to discuss economic sanctions to punish Russia on Monday.

Ukraine’s new government in Kiev called the referendum a “circus” directed at gunpoint by Moscow.

The Crimean peninsula has been seized for two weeks now by troops under apparent Russian command.

Russia raised the stakes on Saturday when its forces, backed by helicopter gunships and armoured vehicles, took control of the Ukrainian village of Strilkove and a key natural gas distribution plant nearby — the first Russian military move into Ukraine beyond the Crimean peninsula of 2 million people.

The Russian forces later withdrew from the village but kept control of the gas plant. On Sunday, Ukrainian soldiers were digging trenches and erecting barricades between the village and the gas plant.

The Crimean parliament planned to meet on Monday to formally ask Moscow to be annexed, and Crimean lawmakers were to fly to Moscow later in the day for talks, Crimea’s Prime Minister said on Twitter.

SSC Will conduct Re-Exam for Its Combined Higher secondary Level Exam 2013 for Recruitment to the Posts of Data Entry Operator (DEO) and Lower Division Clerks (LDC) in various departments/Ministries under the government of India. Written test was held on 20th & 27th October and 10th November, 2013.

Now SSC has announced Results for this test along with Names of shortlisted Candidates, Cut Off Marks and Marks Obtained by them. However, Few Candidates will have to appear for Re-Exam  due to certain Administrative reasons.

Such candidates are being notified Individually about Re-Exam in form of an Official Call Letter that can be Obtained Online now from the Facility Provided by Concerned SSC Regional Office.

Candidates Must Follow the Instructions Mentioned in the Call Letter to avoid any issues at the time of Re-Exam.

We will update as  Various Regional SSC Offices issue any Updates regarding the same.

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• Central Region
• North West Region
• Western Region
• North East Region – Admit card | Candidate List

In view of General Election in April and May and Combined Graduate level 2013 re-exam which will be held on 27th April which was scheduled for CGL 2014 in notification published in 18th January, CGL 2014 STANDS POSTPONED. It scheduled to held towards second half of current Year. The new date will intimate in due course.

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Staff Selection Commission has declared  Junior Engineers(Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Quantity Surveying and Contract) Examination, 2013 result which was conducted on 09.06.2013 on all India basis. A total of 2,822 candidates were called for interview on the basis of performance on Paper-II.  On the basis of Written Examination and Interview, 1,220 candidates (844 Civil, 376 Electrical/Mechanical) are recommended for appointment to the post of Junior Engineer(Civil / Electrical and Mechanical) subject to thorough verification of their eligibility conditions in all respects and correctness of the information furnished by them in their applications. All appeared candidates in interview can check their result

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Staff Selection Commission will hold an All India Examination for recruitment to the post of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police(DP) & Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assistant Sub-Inspectors in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Graduation from a recognized University or equivalent is the minimum educational qualification. The Examination will comprise of Written Examination in two phases, Physical Endurance Test, Medical Examination and Interview/ personality test.

Age Limits: for the post of Sub-Inspector in Delhi Police & CAPFs and Assistant Sub
Inspector in CISF is 20-25 years. Age Relaxation is applicable as per govt. rules.
Educational Qualification as on 01.01.2014 : Graduation from recognized University or equivalent.

Fee:  RS. 100 FEE IS EXEMPTED FOR WOMEN,SC,ST CANDIDATES.
Important dates :
Last date for apply : 11/04/2014
date of exam : 22/06/2014 (Paper I)
                     21/09/2014 (Paper II)

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In respect of the information uploaded on the website earlier regarding re-examination of CGLE-2013 at Lucknow, Patna, Allahabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Shimla and Dehradun, the Commission has decided to hold the re-examination of Combined Graduate Level (Tier-I) Examination, 2013 on 27.04.2014 (FN & AN).
The Commission has already clarified that candidates who appeared in Tier-I and Tier-II from a centre other than those mentioned above in CGLE 2013 will not have to appear in re-examination. However, those candidates who appeared in tier-I from centres other than those mentioned above BUT appeared for Tier-II from the centres mentioned above will have to appear in re-examination in Tier-II.

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Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has declared result of Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination-2013 which was conducted on 20th, 27th October and 10th November at various centers across India. Qualified candidates in Written Examination will be be called for Typing Test which will start from 1st April. All appeared Candidates can check their result on official website which of link is given below:

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Staff Selection Commission conducted an open examination for recruitment to the post of Multi Tasking(Non-Technical) Staff Examination 2014 in different States and Union Territories on 16.2.2014 and 23.2.2014. The Answer keys of the questions in respect of different Test Forms are now placed on the Commission’s website  Discrepancies relating to question/incorrect keys, if any, should be brought to the notice of the undersigned within by 21.03.2014 (5.00PM). The representations received after the stipulated date shall not be entertained.

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The final result of Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2012 was declared on 30.5.2013 wherein the results of some of the candidates belonging to various Regions were kept as ‘withheld’. The Commission has carefully examined and has cleared 74 candidates pertaining to Central Region. Result of 38 selected candidates is now placed on the website of the Commission i.e. http//:ssc.nic.in

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The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 has been awarded to eminent Gandhian and environmentalist, Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt on 28th February. The jury for the prize met under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 18th February 2014 and decided upon his name. 
The Government of India launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi. This is an annual award given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods. The award carries Rs. 10 million in cash, convertible in any currency in the world, a plaque and a citation. It is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, creed or sex.The other members of the jury were Justice P Sathasivam, leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj, Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh, and ex-governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi. 

Chandi Prasad Bhatt, born in 1934 , is a noted Gandhian environmentalist and social activist. He was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement for which he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982. He is also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2005. One of India's first modern environmentalists, today he is known for his work on subaltern social ecology. 

Gandhi Peace Prize Recipient List :

Year	Recipient	Birth / death	Country	Description
1995	Julius Nyerere	1922–1999	Tanzania	First President of Tanzania
1996	A. T. Ariyaratne	b. 1931	Sri Lanka	Founder of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
1997	Gerhard Fischer	1921–2006	Germany	German diplomat, recognised for his work against leprosy and polio
1998	Ramakrishna Mission	est. 1897	India	Founded by Swami Vivekananda for promoting social welfare, tolerance, and non-violence among disadvantaged groups
1999	Baba Amte	1914–2008	India	Social worker, known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of poor people suffering from leprosy
2000	Nelson Mandela	b. 1918-2013	South Africa	Former President of South Africa
2000	Grameen Bank	est. 1983	Bangladesh	Founded by Muhammad Yunus
2001	John Hume	b. 1937	Northern Ireland	Northern Irish Politician
2002	Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan	est. 1938	India	Educational trust that emphasises Indian culture
2003	Václav Havel	1936–2011	Czech Republic	Last President of Czechoslovakia and first President of the Czech Republic
2004	Coretta Scott King	1927–2006	United States	Activist and civil rights leader. Wife of Martin Luther King.
2005	Desmond Tutu	b. 1931	South Africa	South African cleric and activist
2013	Chandi Prasad Bhatt	b. 1934	India	Environmentalist, social activist and pioneer of the Chipko movement

Vietnamese searchers on ships worked throughout the night but could not find a rectangle object spotted on Sunday afternoon that was thought to be one of the doors of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that went missing more than two days ago.

Doan Huu Gia, the chief of Vietnam’s search and rescue coordination centre, said on Monday that four planes and seven ships from Vietnam were searching for the object but nothing had been found.

The Boeing 777 went missing early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

The Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination on 11.05.2014 at DELHI, ALLAHABAD, MUMBAI, BANGALORE, KOLKATA, GUWAHATI, CHENNAI, CHANDIGARH AND RAIPUR in accordance with the enclosed rules framed and already notified in the Gazette of India by the Department of Personnel and Training vide notification dated 11.05.1971 for making additions to the Select List for Grade ‘C’ Stenographers of the following Services/Cadres, subject to availability of confirmed number of vacancies:-

(i) Central Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(ii) Stenographers Cadre of Indian Foreign Service (B) Grade-II;
(iii) Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(iv) Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(v) Election Commission of India Stenographers Service Grade ‘C’;
(vi) Central Vigilance Commission Stenographers service Grade ‘C’;

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Date of Exam : 11th May, 2014

The Supreme Court on Monday has set a deadline of one year for lower courts to complete the trial in cases involving MPs and MLAs.

The Supreme Court further added that the trial judge will have to explain to the Chief Justice of High Court if he fails to complete trial within a year of framing of charges.

The apex court stated that the trial in cases involving MPs and MLAs are to be conducted on day-to-day basis.

Staff Selection Commission 

P&P-II Section 

                                                          ADDENDUM

F.No.3/1/2014-P&P-II: Candidates may refer to the Notice of the Junior Engineers(Civil/
Mechanical/Electrical and Quantity Surveying and Contract) Examination 2014 published in the Employment News dated 01-03-2014. In the notice referred above one essential qualification indicated in Annexure-VIII was omitted inadvertently.

The following Educational Qualification may be read as part of Annexure-VIII.


                     B.Tech                            Code No.14

              Other contents of the notice remain unchanged.

Under Secretary(P&P-II) 

6th March 2014. 

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has published marks obtained and mistake percentage in Computer Test Proficiency (CPT) which conducted for recruitment to the post of of Food corporation of India AG III (General, Depot, Account & Technical). All candidates who appeared in CPT  may check their marks by clicking at below link :

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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has announced Interview Schedule for candidates who qualified in Prasar Bharti (Engg. Assistant. & Tech) Exam. 2013 which of result declared on 27th February, 2014. Eligible candidates can check their Zone date which schedule from 24th March to 14th April, 2014.

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Staff Selection Commission conducted examination for recruitment for Assistant Grade III in General, Depot, Technical and Account Cadres in FCI, 2013 on 10th & 11th November, 2012 at
various centres all over the country. The result of written examination held on above mentioned dates were declared on 20.12.2012. The written examination of candidates declared qualified for Paper-II and Paper-III for the post of Assistant Grade III was held on 7.04.2013 and its result was declared on 05.09.2013. Candidates can check their result by clicking at below :

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Elections for 16th Lok Sabha will be held from April 7 to May 12, announced Chief election Commissioner on Wednesday.

Nation will go to polls on April 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 24, 30, May 7 and May 12.

Announcing the election schedule, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said, this should not be viewed as phases. “They are poll days,” he said.

Special camps will be organised at all polling stations on March 9 for voters to verify, add or modify their details in the electoral list.

Election Commission has decided to distribute photo election slips with polling station details at his/her doorstep, within 3-7 days from the date of the poll.

With the election schedule announced on Wednesday, Model Code of Conduct for elections comes into force with immediate effect.

State-wise polling days:

Andhra Pradesh: April 30, May 7

Arunachal Pradesh: April 9

Assam: April 7, 12, 24

Bihar: April 10, 17, 24, 30, May 7 and 12

Chhattisgarh: April 10, 17, 24

Goa: April 17

Gujarat: - April 30

Haryana: April 10

Himachal Pradesh: May 7

Jammu and Kashmir: April 10, 17, 24, 30, May 7

Jharkhand - April 10, 17, 24

Karnataka: April 17

Kerala: April 10

Madhya Pradesh: April 10, 17, 24

Maharashtra: April 10, 17, 24

Manipur: April 9, 17

Meghalaya: April 9

Mizoram: April 9

Nagaland: April 9

Odisha: April 10, 17

Punjab: April 30

Rajasthan: April 17, 24

Sikkim: April 12

Tamil Nadu: April 24

Tripura: April 7, 12

Uttar Pradesh: April 10, 17, 24, 30, May 7, 12

Uttarakhand: May 7

West Bengal: April 17, 24, 30, May 7, 12

Andaman and Nicobar Islands: April 10

Chandigarh: April 10

Dadra and Nagar Haveli: April 30

Daman and Diu: April 30

Lakshadweep: April 10

NCT/Delhi: April 10

Puducherry: April 24

Sheila Dikshit, a former three-term Chief Minister of Delhi, was on late Tuesday night appointed Governor of Kerala within three months of her defeat in the recent Assembly polls.

A Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said that 75-year-old Dikshit succeeds Nikhil Kumar, a former Delhi Police Commissioner, who resigned yesterday.

Telangana will come into existence in June. The Union government has decided on June 2 as the “appointed day” for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

According to sources in the Union Home Ministry, the government has notified the Act to pave the way for the creation of the 29th State of the Union after President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent last week to the bill for carving out Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.

However, elaborate preparatory works relating to personnel, finance and distribution of assets and liabilities remain to be done. The process involves mind-boggling paper work that could be a logistical nightmare. It took three months for the government to create Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in November 2000.

Dwelling on the road ahead, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh — who was a key member of the Group of Ministers which crafted the Bill — told journalists here last week that the government had set up two committees in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) to work on the nitty-gritty of allocating officers and staff from the Central and State pools.

The Union government has raised the interest rates on select fixed deposit schemes offered by post offices.

Interest rates on time deposits of various maturities have been raised by 10 to 20 basis points.

The rate hike comes just ahead of the Lok Sabha poll announcement by the Election Commission. The rate hike will come into effect from April 1, 2014.

The interest rates on the five-year senior citizens savings scheme, the five-year monthly income scheme, five-year and 10-year National Savings Certificates and Public Provident Funds have been kept unchanged.

A communiqué from the Ministry of Finance has stated that necessary notifications will be issued separately in due course.

The rate hike decision is in line with the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Savings Fund (NSSF).

The 3rd BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit has come to an end in the city of 'Nay Pyi Taw' (Myanmar) with many promising declarations. The seven member organization rolled out an extensive roadmap for collaboration in improving connectivity and enhancing cooperation in areas like trade, energy, environment, terrorism and organized crimes

About

• Its an international organisation comprising Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal as member countries. 
• These 7 countries together account for over 20 per cent of the world population (1.5 billion) coupled with a GDP of more than USD 2.5 trillion.
• It aims to facilitate cooperation in multiple sectors including trade, investment and energy.
• The grouping is said to be a byproduct of Look East Policy of India and Look West Policy of Thailand.
• Previous Summit: New Delhi (India) in 2008
• Next Summit: Kathmandu (Nepal)
• Current Chairman: Myanmar, since November 2009
• Established in June 1997

The challenges Summit identifies and resolves to jointly work to overcome 

• Terrorism and the global threat it poses to peace, stability and economic progress
• Climate change in general and the ensuing natural disasters in particular
• Energy and Food security
• Connectivity, Trade and investment

Achievements

• A Memorandum of Association was signed to set up BIMSTEC Permanent Secretariat in Dhaka. That will facilitate the implementation of declared projects.
• Another MoA to set up a BIMSTEC Centre for Weather and Climate in India to promote cooperation in dealing with challenges posed by climate change.
• Memorandum of Understanding for establishment of a BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Commission and BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Observatory.

Resolutions

• To enhance cooperation in environmental protection and sustainable development
• To enhance cooperation in the field of agriculture, including crops, livestock and horticulture besides fisheries.
• To finalize an agreement on trade in goods by 2014 with intent to promote regional commerce
• To conclude the Agreement on Services and Investments
• To work on agreements on dispute settlement and cooperation in customs matters under the Free Trade Area framework.
• To devise a framework for establishment of the BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Facility.
• To increase cooperation in expanding the skill and technology base of member countries.