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Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS)

India launched a voluntary naval forum in 2008, not 2015. Exams like to shift the founding year by seven years.

Exercise Milan 2014, held under the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium framework, organised by the Indian Navy. Photo: Indian Navy/Wikimedia Commons, GODL.
Exercise Milan 2014, held under the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium framework, organised by the Indian Navy. Photo: Indian Navy/Wikimedia Commons, GODL.
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✊ Must Know
Founding
  • Launch IONS was launched by the Indian Navy on 14 February 2008, in New Delhi, not 2015.
  • First chair India chaired IONS for its first two years, from 2008 to 2010.
Purpose
  • Mandate IONS is a voluntary, inclusive, multilateral forum that seeks to increase maritime cooperation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region.
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Structure
  • Format IONS runs on a rotating chairmanship, biennial Conclaves of Chiefs, and working groups on shared maritime concerns.
India’s Return to the Chair
  • 2026 India resumed the IONS chairmanship in 2026, after 16 years, taking over from Thailand for the 2026-28 term.

Test Yourself

1. Consider the following in respect of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS):
1. Inaugural IONS was held in India in 2015 under the chairmanship of the Indian Navy.
2. IONS is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime co-operation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

 

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The Year Trap
  • Watch for Any statement placing IONS’s inaugural edition in 2015 is wrong. It launched in 2008.
📝 Previous Year Questions
UPSC CSP 2017 — When and Under Whom IONS Was Inaugurated
  • UPSC 2017 The correct answer is (b) 2 only. IONS was inaugurated in India in 2008, not 2015, so Statement 1 is false. Statement 2, describing IONS as a voluntary maritime-cooperation initiative, is correct. See UPSC CSP 2017 GS Paper I, Q68.
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