Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region

2022 MAY 23

Preliminary   > Security   >   Miscellaneous   >   Maritime security

Why in news?

  • The Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) may play a key role in a Quad initiative against illegal fishing

More about the news:

  • Quad nations are reported to be getting ready to unveil a maritime surveillance initiative to protect exclusive economic zones in the Indo-Pacific against environmental damage.
  • The aim is to push back especially against massive and reckless deepwater fishing by Chinese trawlers in the region.
  • Chinese trawler fleets are seen as responsible for most of the illegal unregulated and unreported fishing (IUUF) in the Indo-Pacific region.

About IFC –IOR:

  • The IFC-IOR was set up in 2018 to coordinate with regional countries on maritime issues and act as a regional repository of maritime data.
  • It presently has linkages with more than 50 partner countries and multi-national agencies across the globe.
  • It is located in Gurugram, India.
  • The centre was established as part of the government’s SAGAR (Security and Growth For All in the Region) framework for maritime co-operation in the Indian Ocean region.
  • It hosts international liaison officers from partner countries, which include both India’s immediate neighbours in the Indian Ocean region and from further afield.

PRACTICE QUESTION

With reference to ‘Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region’, consider the following statements:

1. It aims to coordinate with regional countries on maritime issues and act as a regional repository of maritime data

2. It is located in Gurugram

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer