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India's G20 presidency: Infra Working Group meet to begin in Pune on Monday

The two-day G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) will begin in Pune on Monday with the participants deliberating on various aspects of infrastructure investments. The meeting will be joined by 65 delegates from IWG member countries, guest nations, and international organizations invited by India to discuss the 2023 Infrastructure Agenda under the Indian G20 Presidency, an official release said. The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and Government of India will host the two-day IWG meetings, with Australia and Brazil as the co-chairs, said the release. "The G20 Infrastructure Working Group deliberates on various aspects of infrastructure investments, including developing infrastructure as an asset class; promoting quality infrastructure investment; and identifying innovative instruments for mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure investment," it said. The outcomes of the Infrastructure Working Group feed into the G20 Finance Track priorities to promote

India has lot to offer to world in time of crisis: G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

"To my mind every crisis has a huge opportunity and G20 in the past has demonstrated the ability to deliver in times of adversity," he said

India to work towards building focus on green development pact in G20: Govt

S Jaishankar pressed for international cooperation on data-related capacities, innovations, and technologies especially for the Global South, to create opportunities for all

Haryana to hold meeting of G-20's anti-corruption working group in March

'A four day G20 summit meeting will be held in Haryana from March 1 to 4, tentatively. Meeting will be on the anti-corruption working group'

'Ready to forge development partnerships with India', says Thailand PM

Prayut Chan-o-cha called on all developing nations to carry on the momentum of the successful outcomes of COP27

A chance to reclaim the health of humanity

India's presidency of G-20 is a unique opportunity for the global community to build a consensus around a guiding philosophy that collaboration has a much higher value than competition in healthcare

India keen to present views of 'global south' at G-20: FM Sitharaman

Strengthening of multilateral institutions a priority, she says as country outlines its vision as G20 president

Your voice is India's voice: PM Modi at Voice of Global South summit

The world is in a state of crisis and it is difficult to predict how long this state of instability will last, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday referring to various global challenges arising out of conflict, war and terrorism among others. In his opening remarks at the Voice of Global South virtual summit, Modi flagged concerns over rising prices of food, fuel and fertilisers, the economic impact of COVID-19 as well as natural disasters driven by climate change. "It is clear that world is in a state of crisis," he said in presence of several leaders of various developing countries. He added that it is difficult to predict how long the "state of instability" will last. "We, the Global South, have largest stakes in the future...Most of global challenges have not been created by the Global South, but they affect us more," he said. Modi said India has always shared its developmental experience with our "brothers of the Global South". As India begins its G20 Presidency th

G20 summit great opportunity for India to showcase its strengths: Goyal

The next G20 summit presents a "great opportunity" for India to showcase many of its strengths and provide leadership to several challenges the world is facing, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has said. Goyal is in the US on an official visit. He co-chaired the India-US Trade Policy Forum meeting with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday. The G-20 is going to be a very exciting opportunity for India to provide leadership to many of the challenges before the world. It is going to be a great opportunity for us to showcase the many strengths of India, he told reporters at a news conference here on Wednesday. India formally assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1. The next G20 Leaders' Summit at the level of Heads of State/Government is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10 in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India will work to further promote oneness, inspired by the theme of One Earth, One Family, One Future and listed terrorism, ...

Discussions for next G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan kicked off

The members will decide on the final priorities, but Sarkar said, the major ongoing priorities were digital financial inclusion and making finances more accessible to SMEs

India efficient in setting agenda under G20 presidency: Netherlands

I think India has been very efficient in setting the agenda and guiding us into the discussions: Alexandra Louiszoon

West Bengal gave $1.5 bn only to women: Mamata Banerjee at G20 meet

Banerjee pointed out how the state GDP had grown manifold during the tenure of her government and about 12 million jobs have been created

UPI, Singapore's PayNow integration anytime soon: Official at G20 meet

The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Monday said integration of India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and equivalent network in Singapore, known as PayNow, will begin anytime soon, which in turn will reduce the remittance cost by 10 per cent. There will be interoperability of the two digital payment networks, allowing seamless remittances between the two countries at a highly competitive rate. "Integration of UPI and Singapore's PayNow with India is ready and waiting for launch," Singapore central bank's chief fintech officer Sopnendu Mohanty said at the G20 meeting on financial inclusion at Kolkata. "As of now, remittance to India is at least 1 billion Singapore Dollars and India to Singapore will be 200-300 million Singapore Dollars," Mohanty said. Pramod Verma, chief architect of Aadhaar & India Stack said similar interoperability will also happen with Dubai and a few other countries soon. He said this integration will also help Indian tourists pay in Singapore using ...

Financial inclusion, remittance cost focus areas in G20 meeting

In Kolkata, apart from the plenary meetings, there would be a symposium that would see participation of 12 international speakers

Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar likely to host G20 event: Govt official

Jammu and Kashmir administration is making "advance arrangements" as Srinagar city is likely to host one of the G20 events in May this year, a senior official said here. "As part of India holding the presidency of the G20, several events are going to be held in mid-May but dates have not been fixed yet, divisional commissioner Kashmir Pandurang Kundbarao Pole told PTI. "Srinagar is likely to host one of the G20 events for which we are preparing in advance," he said. Pole said the administration was sprucing up the city for the major event as it will go a long way in boosting tourism in Kashmir, while at the same time clearing the misgivings about the situation in the valley. "All major roads and areas are being repaired. We are currently going through winter months, there are some difficulties but we will be ready by the time the event is held," he said. Development works are going on in full swing in Srinagar city with a focus on completing the drainage and road projects. Normal

G20 Summit: Chair of Women-20 India Purecha calls on J-K LG Manoj Sinha

Chair of W20 (Women-20) India Dr Sandhya Purecha on Saturday met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here and shared the vision and goals of the official G20 engagement group on gender equality, an official spokesman said. The Lt Governor assured cooperation and support of the Union Territory administration to the W20 in its endeavours towards women-led development and an equal and equitable society, he said. Purecha also shared with the Lt Governor efforts to mainstream gender considerations into G20 discussions and translate into the G20 Leaders' declaration policies and commitments that foster gender equality and women's economic empowerment, the spokesman said.

G20 Presidency: India to focus on health emergency prevention, preparedness

As the pharmacy of the world India has exported drugs and vaccines to over 150 countries globally during the pandemic, the health ministry said

G20 foreign ministers set to meet in New Delhi in March, confirms MEA

The foreign ministers of the Group of Twenty (G20) countries are set to meet in New Delhi in March this year, sources said on Thursday.India assumed the Presidency of the G20 starting in December 2022. The 43 Heads of Delegations- the largest ever in G20-will be participating in the final New Delhi Summit in September next year.India's special invitee guest countries are Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and UAE. India is hosting G20 meetings across several cities around the country.During a weekly media briefing today, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India will host G20 foreign ministers meeting. But he did not confirm any date or location for the meeting."There is a G20 calendar that we announce as we go along. ...Yes, there will be foreign ministers meeting. We will host G20 foreign ministers meeting as is customary. I think it will be in Delhi, that's the plan. Let's lock it in and we will announce ..

India to focus on health emergency, digital health during G20 Presidency

India will focus on strengthening cooperation in the pharmaceutical sector

Satya Nadella checks right boxes talking about G20, Make in India and AI

Looking to help in "amplifying" the India story, Microsoft Executive Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday said the country's technology story and the policies that helped it reach here is a tale that needs to be told to the world. Briefing the media after the Future Ready Technology summit in Bengaluru, Nadella said "India is taking the leap to contribute both in the digital technology as well as the soft side of it--the policy side of it, as to how this came about." "That story needs to be written about, talked about so that everyone else in the world can also benefit from it. I think India's leadership of the G20 is obviously a great moment for that. And we at Microsoft want to be as helpful as possible in amplifying what is essentially the output of India," he said. Emphasising often on the growth of digital public goods in India, Nadella said India has created a "virtuous cycle of digital public goods that raises the bar on private enterprises, increases competition, reduc