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INDIA'S G-20 PRESIDENCY

INCREASING CONSENSUS AND

SUCCESS IN G-20 MEETINGS

India is chairing the G-20 which will have its summit in New Delhi on 9-10 September. Nearly
50 meetings of the G20 Sherpa Track, Finance Track, and separate working groups have
already taken place to chalk out the declarations to be adopted at the Heads of State Summit.
In the first fortnight of April, the second meeting of the Sherpas, and the second meeting of the
Finance Minister, and the Central Bank Governor took place.

Sherpa's second meeting and response, technology-enabled education,
global skills maps, and actionable steps that these
Sherpas suggest way forward on working groups propose alongwith suggesting
track's working group progress
ways forward.
After Udaipur in Rajasthan, the second meeting of
G-20 Sherpas was held in Kumarakom, Kerala from Sherpas' discussed in Kumarakom, Kerala over
30 March to 2 April. 120 delegates took part in the tea to advance the goal of the G-20 and deepen
meeting. The Sherpas took stock of the progress cooperation and understanding on shared
of various G-20 Sherpa Track Working Groups on concerns. Indian Sherpa Amitabh Kant said that
the digital economy, health, education, tourism, the discussions were very positive and very
culture, agriculture, trade investment, employment, progressive. The third meeting of G-20 Sherpas
and anti-corruption. They guided on digital public will be held in Hampi, Karnataka. The deliberations
infrastructure, data for building food security, digital of the Sherpa meetings will carry forward the
health and pandemic preparedness, prevention outcomes of the Sherpa Track and Finance Track

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