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India's G20 Presidency Cover Story
Working style of G-20:
Sherpa Track: The Sherpa Track will bring together
13 working groups and two initiatives led by India
to discuss priorities and make recommendations.
Working groups comprised of experts and relevant
ministries lead in-depth analyses of a variety
of internationally relevant issues as part of the
G20 decision-making process. This includes
a variety of topics, including agriculture, anti- In such a case, India will seek to establish
corruption, culture, digital economy, disaster risk
reduction, development, education, employment,
environment-climate sustainability, energy
transition, health, trade and investment, and
tourism.
Amitabh Kant is India's G-20 Sherpa this time.
The Sherpas foster an environment favourable to
their country's interests through various working
groups. Although the G-20 Sherpa's position is
influential, he has no negotiating power.
Meaning of Sherpa: The term is derived from the
Nepali word Sherpa. Sherpas, a Nepalese ethnic
group, serve as guides for mountaineers in the
Himalayas. The government appoints one Sherpa
from each member country to attend the G-20
summit. This position can be filled by a country's
diplomat, a leader with political experience, or any
senior government official.
Our priorities during the
presidency of the G-20 will
focus on healing our 'One
Earth', creating harmony within
our 'One Family' and giving
hope to our 'One Future'.
-Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
immersed in the spirit of Indianness.
India is attempting to present the country's
soft power yoga and Ayurveda infrastructure
to the delegates at the G-20 meeting in
August. There is also a plan to present a
pulse doctor (Naari Vaidhya) at the venue
for the delegates to experience the Ayurveda
treatment. Attempts are being made to
include yoga at the start or end of each G-20
meeting. Attempts are being made in various
forums to discuss traditional medicine. 14 of
the G-20 countries have country-to-country or
state-to-state agreements (MoUs) with India.
a separate G-20 ecosystem for traditional
medicine.
Not war; rather, the spirit of the entire
world as one big family paramount
On the historic occasion of the start of the
presidency on December 1, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has announced that India's
G-20 agenda will be inclusive, ambitious,
action-oriented, and decisive. In a special
blog post, he stated that while presiding over
the G-20, India will embody the spirit of "one
earth, one family, one future." He emphasised
that there is no need for us to fight for our
survival. Our time does not have to be a time
of war. Today, the world is confronted with
major challenges such as climate change,
terrorism, and pandemics. Their solutions
can be found through collaboration rather
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