Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional that was established on 06 June 1997 with signing of the Bangkok Declaration. Hence, 2 is not correct. known as BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka- Economic Cooperation), the organisation is known as BIMSTEC and comprises seven Member with the admission of Myanmar on 22 December and Bhutan and Nepal in February 2004. On 06 1997, representatives of the Governments of India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand came in Bangkok, and signed the ‘Declaration on the of the Bangladesh–India–Sri Lanka– Economic Cooperation (BIST-EC)’. Hence, 1 is correct and 3 is not correct. had initially focused on six sectors in 1997 to trade, technology, energy, transport, tourism, fisheries and expanded in 2008 to incorporate public health, poverty alleviation, environment, culture, people-to- contact, and climate change.Subsequently, steps to rationalise and reorganise sectors sub-sectors, cooperation was reorganised in 2021 the following sectors and sub-sectors led by the Member States: Trade, Investment and Development : Environment & Climate Change Security; Sub-sectors: Counter-Terrorism and Crime, Disaster Management, Energy : Agriculture and Food Security ; Sub-sectors : Fisheries & Livestock People-to-People Contact, Sub-sectors: Culture, People-to-People Contact (forums of think media etc.) Lanka : Science, Technology & Innovation, Sub- : Technology, Health, Human Resource Connectivity as the Lead Country of ‘Tourism’ has circulated a of “Plan of Action on Tourism” updating on the plans, which has to be discussed and finalized the upcoming meetings of tourism Sub-sector. statement 4 is not correct.