Question: Which country has recently joined CDRI?
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) China
Ans: a
Context
- Recently Bangladesh has joined the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
Related Facts
- India has expressed its happiness that Bangladesh has decided to accept the invitation to join the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
About CDRI
- The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international coalition of countries, United Nations (UN) agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and academic institutions.
- Its objective is to promote disaster-resiliant infrastructure and to promote research and knowledge sharing in the fields of infrastructure risk management, standards, financing, and recovery mechanisms.
- CDRI was launched by the Prime Minister of India , Narendra Modi at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 at New York, United States.
- It is headquartered at New Delhi, India.
- As of July 2021, it has 25 countries and 7 organisation as its member.
By kameshwar shukla