India Hosts Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting 2026 in Mumbai
- Kimberley Process (KP) is a tripartite (governments + industry + civil society) certification scheme to stop trade in "conflict diamonds" (rough diamonds financing rebel groups against legitimate governments, per UN Security Council resolutions).
- India, the world's largest diamond cutting & polishing hub, is Chair of KP in 2026 (3rd time) and hosted the Intersessional Meeting in Mumbai, 11–14 May 2026.
- Examinable as a current-affairs case study on multilateral trade governance, GS-II (international institutions) and GS-III (economy/external sector).