Question: Who has been recently appointed Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organisation?
(a) Aashish Chandorkar
(b) RaviKant Dahiya
(c) Abhijeet Gupta
(d) Shailesh Lodha
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- The government of India has appointed Aashish Chandorkar as Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organisation.
- He has been appointed for three years.
- It is for the first time that a private person has been appointed at the Mission.
- Chandorkar is director of Bengaluru-based policy think tank Smahi Foundation of Policy and Research.
- The WTO is a 164-member multi-lateral body, which deals with global trade. India is its member since 1995.
- Protection of Intellectual Property Rights is governed by World Trade Organisation through Trade-Related Aspects of the Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS),an international agreement.