Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC)

Why in news

• The third edition of the Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) is scheduled to be held from November 7 to 9, 2021.

What is GMC:

• The GMC is Indian Navy’s outreach initiative providing a multinational platform to harness the collective wisdom of practitioners of maritime security and the academia towards garnering outcome oriented maritime thought.
• Chiefs of navies or heads of maritime forces from 12 Indian Ocean littorals - Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand - will participate in the event.
• GMC is a biennial exercise started in 2017.

Theme of GCM 21:

• The theme for this year's edition of GMC is ‘Maritime Security and Emerging Non-Traditional Threats: A Case for Proactive Role for IOR (Indian Ocean Region) Navies’

Aim of the conclave

• With the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) becoming the focus of the 21st century strategic landscape, the GMC aims to bring together the regional stakeholders and deliberate on the collaborative implementation strategies in dealing with contemporary maritime security challenges

PRELIMS QUESTION

Which of the following statements are correct regarding ‘Goa Maritime Conclave’?

1. It is maritime exercise conducted under South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

2. It is a biennial exercise launched in 2017.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer