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G-20 Nation

"IF YOU WANT TO FIX YOUR FUTURE,
IF YOU WANT TO BE READY FOR THE
NEEDS OF THE FUTURE, MAKE SURE
THAT WOMEN ARE AT THE CENTRE OF
DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS."

- SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI, MINISTER FOR
WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
AND MINORITY AFFAIRS

two priority areas—digital public infrastructure and empowering youth with skills, promoting tourism
cyber security—the representatives agreed to revisit sector MSMEs and startups, and rethinking the
these issues at future meetings. The meeting's final strategic management of tourism destinations.
day was devoted to the importance of digital skills. The Rann of Kutch representatives were taken
to Dholavira, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The
First Employment Working Group meeting delegates had the opportunity to participate in a
held in Jodhpur from February 2-4 sunrise yoga session in the White Rann during their
The first meeting of the Employment Working Group stay at Dhordo Tent City.
was held in Jodhpur from February 2–4. Three topics
were discussed in this meeting: addressing the Clear, accurate, and actionable suggestions
global skills gap regarding skill demand and supply in sought from Urban 20.
each country; maximising social security for gig and On February 9 and 10, Ahmedabad hosted the
platform workers; and, the issue of persistent funding Urban 20 meeting. More than 200 participants
of social security and observers from 40 cities attended. During the
meeting, India's Sherpa Amitabh Kant urged the
Discussion on tourism in the Rann of Kutch delegates to be forerunners of a world focused on
region of Gujarat de-globalizing, decarbonizing, and digitising cities.
The Tourism Working Group held its first meeting from He also urged the U20 Collaborative Group to make
February 7-9 in Rann, Gujarat. The G20 identified five clear, precise, and actionable recommendations for
interconnected tourism priority areas: greening the the G20 leaders to consider.
tourism sector, harnessing the power of digitization,
First Youth 20 Inception Meeting from
Proposed meetings of the G-20 this fortnight February 6 to 8, in Guwahati
The Youth-20 group held a preparatory meeting in
March 1 and 2, Delhi, G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting Guwahati from February 6-8 to deliberate on youth
March 1–4, Gurugram, 1st meeting of the Anti- for a better tomorrow and prepare an agenda of five

Corruption Working Group, identified themes for Youth 20. The Union Minister
for Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur,
March 6-7, Hyderabad, Second meeting on the Global said in a dialogue during the programme organised
Partnership for Financial Inclusion, at IIT Guwahati on February 7 that the Youth20
March 15–17, Amritsar, Second Meeting of the Education group will serve as an example of youth-centric
Working Group efforts. This group will hold a total of 17 meetings
until August 20, 2023.

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