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G-20 Nation

Brainstorming on ways to deal with corruption and fugitive economic offenders

ndia has taken decisive steps to prevent economic
Ioffenders from fleeing the country and to restrict
their refuge in countries with liberal laws. The
promotion of digital transactions, including cash
assistance payments into bank accounts, has been
successful to a large extent in curbing economic
crimes. The same commitments of India against
economic offenders were reiterated in the second
meeting of the Anti-Corruption Working Group which
took place in Uttarakhand from 25 to 27 May. There
was also a call to strengthen the commitments of
the G-20 to combat corruption at the global level.
During the G-20 presidency of Argentina in the information sharing.
year 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a International cooperation to strengthen the fight
nine-point agenda to the member countries against against corruption, the integrity and effectiveness
fugitive economic offenders and for the purpose of of public bodies and officials responsible for the
recovering assets from them. Accordingly, the G-20 purpose of preventing and combating corruption, the
countries are determined to explore the links between role of audit institutions in eliminating corruption,
corruption and other economic crimes and find ways and combating corruption in the public sector
to deal with them. India's current priorities build on through leveraging Information and Communication
earlier agreements aimed at strengthening the fight Technology (ICT) and most importantly gender and
against corruption and increasing international corruption were discussed in particular. India also
cooperation to repatriate perpetrators of corruption shared experiences during the meeting that anti-
and facilitate the return of stolen property to their corruption efforts have helped in the empowerment
countries of origin. of women.
The meeting was attended by 90 delegates In the meeting, the delegates called for 'promoting
from member and invitee countries as well as 9 the integrity and effectiveness of public bodies-
international organizations including UNODC, OECD, authorities responsible for preventing and combating
Egmont Group, INTERPOL, and IMF. The meeting, corruption', 'strengthening international law
chaired by Rahul Singh, Chairman of the G-20 ACWG, enforcement cooperation and information sharing to
deliberated on several aspects, including formal combat corruption', and agreed on 'Strengthening of
and informal channels of cooperation to combat corruption-related asset recovery mechanism'. The
corruption and institutional framework for mutual third meeting of the ACWG will be held in Kolkata
legal assistance, fugitive economic offenders, and from August 9 to 11.

Economic Development and Cultural Preservation' as the new and peaceful Jammu and Kashmir is now
focusing on strategies to promote film tourism in increasingly attracting filmmakers not only from India
Jammu and Kashmir. A draft 'National Strategy on but across the globe because of its pristine beauty.
Film Tourism' was also discussed. Union Minister Dr. Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy said that India
Jitendra Singh and G. Kishan Reddy underscored at would be a destination for film production as it
the Tourism Working Group in Srinagar that the youth has beautiful locations, talented technicians, and
of Kashmir are highly aspirational and future-oriented, immense post-production facilities. India's Sherpa
they can easily grasp the new opportunities created Amitabh Kant at G-20 says that there is no better
by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. film destination than Jammu and Kashmir. The
The G-20 meeting and related events will create job draft National Policy for Film Tourism was also
opportunities for the youth of Jammu and Kashmir unveiled at the event.

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