Daliy Fact - TNPSC Exam 08-Sep-2016
Daliy Fact - TNPSC Exam 08-Sep-2016
Daliy Fact - TNPSC Exam 08-Sep-2016
Acronym BRIC was first used in 2001 by chairmen of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Jim O'Neill
South Africa became member of BRIC on December 24, 2010 to form BRICS.
BRICS Summits :
Summit
1
Date
16-June-2009
16-April-2010
Place
Objective
Yekaterinburg,
Russia
Brasilia, Brazil
14-April-2011
Sanya, China
Economics, anti-terror
terror law under UN, United Nations Security
Council reform, decision to cease mutual trade payments in U.S.
dollars.
29 March 2012
Durban, South
Africa
6
Fortaleza, Brazil
89 July 2015
Ufa, Russia
BRICS Bank
New Development Bank - initial capital of $50 billion and raised to $100 billion.
The five members will have an equal share for each in the bank.
Headquarters Shanghai
K.V. Kamath from India will assume the first presidency of the bank.