Piyush Goyal appointed as India's Sherpa for G20 meet

The government on Tuesday appointed commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal as India's Sherpa for the G20.

Goyal who is the union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution and textiles, replaced former union minister Suresh Prabhu as the sherpa for the meet.

According to the ministry of external affairs, India will hold the G20 presidency from 1 December 2022.

G20 is a major international grouping that brings together 19 of the world’s major economies and the European Union, with its members accounting for more than 80 per cent of global GDP, 75 per cent of global trade and