SAARC is an economic and political organization established in 1985 with 8 member countries in South Asia. It aims to promote economic and social growth across various areas including agriculture, telecommunications, health, transport, and science and technology. SAARC implemented the SAFTA agreement to help member countries achieve economic growth through trade by lowering duties between nations. However, SAARC has struggled to be fully effective due to its failure to solve core political issues between members like the Kashmir conflict and Sri Lankan civil war, which has prevented deeper integration and limited SAARC's role in the region to just holding meetings.

1. Saarc (South Asian Association
For Regional Cooperation)

2. Introduction
• An initiative taken by in 1985
• It has got 8 members
• Its and economic and political organization
• Economic and social growth
• In 2007 Afghanistan
• Cooperation with international and regional

3. Areas Comes Under Saarc (IPA)
• Agriculture
• Rural Development
• Telecommunications
• Meteorology
• Health and Population Activities
• Transport
• Postal Services
• Science and Technology
• Sports, Arts and Culture

4. SAPTA
(SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement)
• Economic growth
• Trade within

5. SAFTA
(South Asian Free Trade Agreement)
• To help Saarc countries
• Lower down duties

6. Failure To Solve Core Issues
• Kashmir issue
• Sri Lankan Civil war
• Failure to integrate Saarc nations
• Saarc role has been vanished
• By name meeting take place

7. Saarc Observers status
• China
• Japan
• Iran
• Us
• European union
• Republic of Korea