Previous Year Question
With reference to the ‘Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (APMCHUD)’, consider the following statements:
The first APMCHUD was held in India in 2006 on the theme “Emerging Urban Forms—Policy Responses and Governance Structure”.
India hosts all the Annual Ministerial Conferences in partnership with ADB, APEC and ASEAN.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution
Statement 1 is incorrect.
The first APMCHUD was indeed held in New Delhi in December 2006, but the theme mentioned in the statement did not belong to that conference. The first conference was associated with a vision for sustainable urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific region by 2020.
The theme mentioned in the statement substantially belongs to the Sixth APMCHUD, held in New Delhi in December 2016. Its official theme was “Emerging Urban Forms—Policy Reforms and Governance Structures in the Context of New Urban Agenda.” Thus, the statement incorrectly combines the location and year of the first conference with the theme of the sixth conference.
Statement 2 is also incorrect.
The Ministerial Conference of APMCHUD is:
A biennial, not an annual, event.
Not hosted exclusively by India.
Hosted by different member countries according to offers accepted by the participating members.
Not conducted under any permanent arrangement requiring India to host every conference jointly with ADB, APEC and ASEAN.
The rotation of venues confirms this:
2006—New Delhi, India
2008—Tehran, Iran
2010—Solo, Indonesia
2012—Amman, Jordan
2014—Seoul, Republic of Korea
2016—New Delhi, India
2018—Tehran, Iran
APMCHUD is an intergovernmental regional mechanism intended to promote sustainable housing and urban development through cooperation among Asia-Pacific countries.
Current position (2026): Official institutional records continue to establish APMCHUD as a member-country-based intergovernmental forum. It is therefore still incorrect to describe it as an annual conference always hosted by India in partnership with ADB, APEC and ASEAN.