DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an association of South Asian countries, which was built up on 8 December 1985 when the legislature of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka formally received its sanction accommodating the advancement of monetary and social advance, social improvement inside the South Asia district and furthermore for kinship and co­operation with other creating nations. It is devoted to financial, mechanical, social and social improvement accentuating aggregate independence. As far as populace, its effective reach is the biggest of any provincial association: very nearly 1.5 billion consolidated populace of its part states. In April 2007, Afghanistan turned into its eighth part. This paper highlights the nature, origin and development of SAARC and presents them in a very comprehensive way for easy understanding.