IEA Full Membership for India:
The International Energy Agency (IEA) welcomed progress on India’s request for full membership, marking a significant step in integrating the world’s 3rd-largest energy consumer into global energy governance.India, an IEA associate member since 2017, faces a complex path to full membership as the IEA framework restricts it to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, an organization India has no inclination to join. The IEA is an intergovernmental body established in 1974 by 17 OECD countries in response to the global oil crisis caused by the Arab oil embargo (1973–1974) during the Yom Kippur War (1973). Its original mandate was to ensure stable oil supplies and manage energy emergencies.
