India's G20 presidency: What this means for the country's place in world

India will assume the presidency of the G20 on December 1

For the first time, India is hosting a meeting of the G20. India’s sherpa, Amitabh Kant, is ready for it.

India will assume the presidency for a year from December 1. Meetings will be held, Kant said, in every Indian state; in all, there will be 200 meetings. The cherry on the cake will be the G20 Leaders’ Summit, at the level of heads of state/government, to be held on September 9-10, 2023, in New Delhi. 

The G20, which includes both highly industrialised countries and emerging economies, has been the most powerful bloc as it controls 80 per cent of global trade