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Indo- CIS Pharma-Nutraceutical Corridor for Eurasian Market

  • India and Uzbekistan jointly launched this.

  • The trade corridor will operate through a dual-city engagement model linking Mumbai and Tashkent.

  • The commercial launch is scheduled for May 2026.

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region

  • Constituted in 1991, post the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

  • Aim: To ensure continued cooperation in trade and military policy and recognition of borders between the States which formed part of the erstwhile USSR (except Baltic States).

  • It has no formal political institution.
  • Membership: 12 countries. 
    • Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan are the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). 
  • Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan fall in Asia and are commonly known as Central Asian Republics (CAR).