WORLD NEWS | India celebrates major milestone of holding 100th G20 meeting in its inclusive policy approach

New Delhi [India]April 17 (ANI): India put its inclusive and action-oriented policy process at the heart of its agenda on Monday, celebrating the Agricultural Chief Scientist (MACS) meeting in Varanasi as the first of its G20 presidency. A major milestone of 100 sessions.

G20, the Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental forum of 20 major developed and developing economies in the world, and is the premier forum for international economic cooperation.

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More than 12,300 delegates from more than 110 countries took part in India’s G20 presidency, the largest to date hosted by any G20 country. During the Indian Presidency, more than 200 meetings are still planned in some 60 Indian cities, making it the most geographically spread out.

India’s inclusive pan-India approach to the G20 presidency, centered on Jan Bhagidari, or civic engagement, has so far covered 41 cities and held some 12 meetings in the northeast of the country. The conferences also successfully showcased India’s incredible natural and architectural beauty through excursions, side events and more than 1500 cultural events performed by some 7000 artists.

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These meetings include Agriculture Chief Scientist (MACS) in Varanasi, Health Working Group 2 in Goa, Digital Economy Working Group 2 in Hyderabad, and Space Economy Leaders Meeting in Shillong on Monday.

The first Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting (FMCBG) was held in Bangalore on February 24-25, the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM) was held in New Delhi on March 1-3, and the second FMCBG meeting was held in Held in Washington on April 12-13, there have been three ministerial meetings so far under India’s G20 presidency, as well as Udaipur from December 4-7 last year and March 30-30 last year. Two coordinators’ meetings in Kumarakom on 2 April.

FMM was attended by 28 foreign ministers (from 18 G20 members, 9 guest countries and the African Union – Comoros) and two deputy foreign ministers (from Japan and South Korea). These ministerial meetings concluded with substantive outcome documents, promoting consensus on shared G20 priorities.

These include consensus on the establishment of an expert group on multilateral development bank reform and the first FMCBG debt management expert group, as well as consensus on multilateral reform, development cooperation, food and energy security, counter-terrorism, emerging threats, global skills mapping and disaster risk. reduce.

Showcasing India’s diversity, traditions and culture also remains an integral part of the visiting delegate programme. A wide range of cultural performances and excursions are also organized as millet-based dishes are incorporated into the menu.

The fallout from India’s G20 presidency has boosted industries hit by the pandemic, with a surge in demand for operators, guides and drivers in boosting tourism, while also boosting small businesses that bring global buyers to sellers’ doorsteps .

India’s current G20 presidency includes broad priority areas such as inclusive and resilient growth; progress towards SDGs, green development and environmentally friendly lifestyles (LiFE); technological transformation and public digital infrastructure; reforming multilateral institutions; women’s leadership development; and international peace and harmony.

India, under its G20 presidency, will host its largest-ever delegation to the final New Delhi summit in September. India takes over the baton from Indonesia, with a one-year presidency of the group commencing 1 December 2022 and running until 30 November 2023.

On November 8, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the G20 logo and announced the theme of India’s G20 Presidency – “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” – “One Planet, One Family, One Future”.

G20, the Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental forum for the world’s major developed and developing economies. It includes 19 countries – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and the European Union (EU).

Taken together, the G20 accounts for 85 percent of global GDP, 75 percent of international trade and two-thirds of the world’s population, and is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. (Arnie)

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