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G-20 panel to mull taking leaf from India's digital ecosystem: Amitabh Kant

The Indian model, which is distinct from Fintech and European ones, has grown in 10 years instead of the 50 it would otherwise have taken, says India's

G20 presidency gives India opportunity to showcase its ed-tech leadership

Given India's achievements in the digital world and Ed-tech, it can not only push education widely among the learners in India with inclusivity but also help other developing countries

India will aim to build consensus among G20 nations on issues: Jaishankar

India would strive to build a consensus among G20 nations on several issues during its presidency as the meeting is being held in the larger context of a "geopolitical crisis, food and energy insecurity, and sustainable development growth", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. He also said India will use the occasion to highlight the 3Ds of the country: development, democracy and diversity. The government is also seeking the support and cooperation of all the G20 members for the success of India's Presidency, said Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha while making a statement on 'Latest Developments in India's Foreign Policy'. G20 meeting would be "one of the highest profiled international gatherings" to be hosted by India, he added. Meetings for G20 have already commenced in India and around 200 of such meetings of 32 different sectors at multiple locations would be organised across the country, the external affairs minister said. Jaishankar said the G20 meeting is takin

Hospitality industry sees welcome boost from India's G20 presidency

As President, India will host nearly 200 meetings across the country that thousands of delegates are expected to attend along with media, govt officials, event managers, private sector representatives

G20 presidency opportunity to showcase India's strengths, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting of leaders from different parties on India's presidency of the G-20 and sought their cooperation, saying it is a unique opportunity to showcase the country's strengths to the entire world. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said it was a matter of pride India has got the G-20 presidency and asked Modi to leverage this opportunity for the country's benefit and help deter China from carrying out incursions at the border and correct the trade imbalance with it. Some opposition leaders, including Sitaram Yechury and D Raja of the Left, noted that India taking over the presidency was by rotation and said it should not be projected as the government's achievement, opposition sources said. Official sources noted the prime minister told the meeting that India's G-20 presidency does not belong to any individual but the entire country. In a statement on the prime minister's address at the meeting, the Ministry of External Affairs ..

Today, India commences its G20 presidency

Let's make India's presidency one of healing, harmony, and hope

G20's declining share in the world, amid India's growing influence

As the country prepares to host the summit of twenty nations next year in September 2023, it also has to tackle rising concerns of climate change and calls for the expansion of the group from other co

India moves two spots up to rank 8th in climate change performance index

India has also been ranked amongst top 5 countries in the world and the best among the G20 countries, based on its Climate Change performance

'Era not of war': G20 declaration uses Modi's words in call for diplomacy

Summit leaders deplore deplored Russia's war in Ukraine 'in the strongest terms'

India takes over G20 presidency for 2023, PM Modi extends invitation

PM Modi took over the "key" from Indonesian president Joko Widodo, India will officially assume the presidency of G20 on December 1

G20: Leaders see deteriorating debt woes in middle-income nations

The leaders said they would step up efforts to implement the Common Framework for debt treatments in a "predictable, timely, orderly and coordinated manner"

G20 members imposed export restrictions at increased pace: WTO report

Ahead of the G-20 summit in Indonesia, a WTO report on Monday said that the G20 countries introduced export restrictions at an increased pace during mid-May and mid-October 2022 in the back of global economic uncertainties. G20, a grouping of developed and developing nations, members include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, the UK, the US, among others. It said that as of mid-October 2022, WTO (World Trade Organisation) members still had in place 52 export restrictions on food, feed and fertilizers, in addition to 27 export restrictions on products essential to combat COVID-19. Of these, it said 44 per cent of the export restrictions on food, feed and fertilizers, and 63 per cent of the pandemic-related export restrictions, were maintained by G20 economies. "In a context of economic uncertainty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the food security crisis, G20 economies between mid-May and mid-October 2022 .

G20 unveils global pandemic fund to avoid repeat of Covid pandemic

Funds will be used to help countries prevent future pandemics; fundraising currently at $1.4 billion

G20 Delhi summit likely to have dedicated vertical for digital public goods

Open-source Aadhaar and UPI will be two top digital public goods offered; govt trying to take QR-based authentication and payment services global following success of DBT, payment digitisation

What does the G-20 presidency mean for India?

In a few days from now, India will take over the presidency of G20. The country, which is being seen as a 'bright spot in the dark horizon', will hold the chair for one year starting December 1

Another lotus blooms

India prepares to take over the G20 presidency

Recession, climate change, Ukraine war: Kant lists challenges before G20

The former Niti Aayog chief executive said that climate change was another big crisis that the world faced, impacting larger nations, as well as threatening to submerge smaller island nations

Soluble and relevant: The focus of India's G20 agenda

The government may be tempted to showcase its own achievements. But it must resist this temptation

G20 has great potential to work towards global good: Finance Minister

Ahead of India taking over the annual presidency of G-20 coming December, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the grouping of the top 20 economies of the world has great potential to work towards the global public good. G-20 has a great potential to work towards global goods. When I say public goods, will also have to be made far more strengthened. India stack, for instance, can become a global stack. Efficient cross-border payments and cheaper remittances are all the benefits which we can derive out of it, Sitharaman told a think-tank here. Responding to a question during a fireside chat with eminent Indian American economist Eshwar Prasad at the prestigious Brookings Institute, Sitharaman said these are some of the areas in which she would want the G-20 to work together. We love to work together with them and get some good outcomes, she said. Observing that India is taking the G-20 presidency from Indonesia at challenging times, Sitharaman said India has been

It's time to strengthen ties with India, says Indonesian business leader

A top Indonesian business and industry expert said a forum like G20 is becoming more and more important during these challenging times to address economic issues faced by developing countries