The South Asia Regional Parliamentary Forum (SARPF) was inaugurated on 18 December 2024 in Delhi. The SARPF is a new initiative to bring together leading multi-party parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka (BBINS) to engage in substantive discussions and foster collaborations on South Asian regional energy cooperation to address the shared challenges of energy security, accessibility, and affordability.
Dr Bhupendra Yadav, Indian Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr Kamlesh Paswan, State Minister of Rural Development, Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, MP and Chairperson, SARPF, Mr Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance and more than 35 MPs from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan took part in the inauguration and committed to working towards the transition to cleaner sources of energy, climate change challenges, and sustainable development.
