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Business

* Establishment of BIMSTEC Chamber of Commerce.

* Organization of BIMSTEC Business Summit every year.

* Feasibility study on the possibilities of trade in local currency in the BIMSTEC region.

IT

* Pilot study to understand the needs of BIMSTEC countries to share the experience of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)

* Connectivity between UPI and payment systems in the BIMSTEC region.

Mitigation and Disaster Management

* Establishing the BIMSTEC Centre of Excellence for Disaster Management in India to cooperate in disaster management, relief and rehabilitation.

* Fourth joint exercises between BIMSTEC Disaster Management Authorities to be held in India this year.

Security

* Holding the first meeting of the Home Ministers' Mechanism in India

Space

* Setting up ground stations for manpower training for BIMSTEC countries, manufacturing and launching of Nano Satellites, and use of remote sensing data.

Capacity Building and Training

* "BODHI”, i.e., "BIMSTEC for Organised Development of Human resource Infrastructure” initiative. Under this, 300 youth from BIMSTEC countries will be trained in India every year.

* Scholarships to BIMSTEC students in the Forestry Research Institute of India and expansion of the scholarship scheme at Nalanda University.

* Taining programme every year for young diplomats from BIMSTEC countries.

* Tata Memorial Centre to support training and capacity building in cancer care in BIMSTEC countries.

* Establishment of Centre of Excellence for research and dissemination in traditional medicine

* Centre of Excellence in India for exchange of knowledge and best practices, research and capacity building for the benefit of farmers.

Energy

* BIMSTEC Energy Centre in Bengaluru has started working.

* Faster work on electric grid interconnection.

Youth engagement

* BIMSTEC Young Leaders’ Summit to be held this year.

* The BIMSTEC Hackathon and Young Professional Visitors programme will be launched.

Sports

* Holding ‘BIMSTEC Athletics Meet’ in India this year.

* Hosting the first BIMSTEC Games in 2027

Culture

* BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival to be held in India this year

Connectivity

* Establishment of Sustainable Maritime Transport Centre in India to work to enhance coordination in capacity building, research, innovation and maritime policies.