5th India-Japan Act East Forum Meet

Current Context: The 5th India-Japan Act East Forum (AEF) Meeting was recently held in New Delhi.

• India was represented by Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary and Japan were represented by Suzuki Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to India.
• The meeting was held to review the work of major ongoing projects of the North Eastern Region of India.
• The projects are held in areas like hydropower, water management, skill development and sustainable development.
• They also reviewed the work of the projects related to road connectivity, health, bamboo value chain development and forest conservation.
• The Act East Forum (AEF) is a collaboration of India’s ‘Act East Policy’ and Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ vision.
• Static Part: 
• Union Minister of State (IC) for Development of North Eastern Region: Jitendra Singh

Question: 

Q.1 Who among the following represented India in 5th India-Japan Act East Forum (AEF) Meeting?
a. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
b. S Jaishankar
c. Sanjay Kumar Verma
d. Jitendra Singh