India to host BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave

India is going to host BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave in Mumbai (Maharashtra), financial capital of India from April 14 to 16, 2016. 
•    It will be attended by the top Urban Policy makers and Planners from BRICS Nations viz. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 
•    Key facts The conclave will be joint initiative of Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Government of Maharashtra. 
•    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the conference which will be attended by representatives of at least two cities from each of the BRICS nations. 
•    The three-day conclave will be organised by Mumbai First, a think-tank working to find solutions for city’s development.
•    The programme - BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave - is being organised jointly by the Maharashtra government and the External Affairs Ministry between April 14 and 16.
•    National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) will be the venue for the inauguration on April 14, followed by deliberations at Hotel Trident on April 15-16.