Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India would play the role of an effective partner of the Colombo Plan, a group of nations established for cooperative economic and social development in the Asia and the Pacific.
In his inaugural address at 42nd Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM), Mr Mukherjee said, ‘as a founder member, India has always been a strong supporter of the Colombo Plan initiative and an active participant’.
The current member countries are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the US and Vietnam.
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