New Delhi: The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues held their first meeting under India's Chairship from March 9-11. The theme of BRICS this year is -"BRICS@15: Intra BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation, and Consensus'.

India, under its Chairship in 2021, presented the calendar of events for BRICS CGETI 2021, which included the key areas for deliverables, schedule and scope of the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) roundtable conference workshop on Services Statistics, and the BRICS Trade Fair.

This was followed by a series of presentations, scheduled in separate sessions, made by the concerned Departments of the Government of India on the proposed deliverables during India's Chairship under the BRICS CGETI track, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement here on Friday.

The BRICS partners appreciated the activities planned by India, being timely and relevant in the current context, and expressed their support for working together on various initiatives proposed by India.

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