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Ocean accounts workshop for coastal states

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Ocean accounts workshop for coastal states (GS3 · Environment, 30 August 2025)

What happened

  • MoSPI held a workshop in Kochi on 29 August 2025 to build coastal states’ capacity on Ocean Accounts [PIB].
  • CMFRI, INCOIS, NRSC, NCCR and CMLRE experts took part [PIB].

Background

  • Ocean accounts track ocean assets in a statistical framework [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Needed to value the blue economy properly.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Environment

  1. As per PIB (2025-08-30): moSPI held a workshop in Kochi on 29 August 2025 to build coastal states' capacity on Ocean Accounts.
  2. Needed to value the blue economy properly.
Quotable data point

MoSPI held a workshop in Kochi on 29 August 2025 to build coastal states' capacity on Ocean Accounts.

PIB: Ocean accounts workshop, 30 Aug 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: INCOIS.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Ocean accounts workshop was held in

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Ocean accounts workshop, 30 Aug 2025

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