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putting the development agenda at the center of The meeting was attended by 74 delegations
priority. During the meeting, the delegates were including member countries, invited member
given a glimpse of the rich cultural heritage and countries, and international organizations. After the
food diversity of Kerala. meeting, Rupesh Thakur, Joint Secretary, Ministry
The agenda of the four-day meeting included the of Labor and Employment said that all the member
Sustainable Development Goals, Lifestyle for countries agreed with most of the issues of the
the Environment (LiFE), digital principles for the Ministerial Declaration. The remaining issues will
development of data, capacity building, balanced be discussed in Geneva.
global change, women-led development, and
enhancing international coordination through Second meeting of the Energy
the platform of G20. Whatever emerges from the Working Group
meetings of the development group, will be put The proposal to build a global biofuel
up for discussion in the G-20 ministerial meeting
in June this year. Delegates attending the meeting alliance has received widespread
support
expressed broad support for India's ambition and
priorities for the Development Working Group, The second meeting of the Energy Transformation
including the G-20 Action Plan on Accelerating Working Group was held in Gandhinagar, in which
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, the proposal for the creation of a Global Biofuel
the High-Level Principles for LiFE, and Data for Alliance was widely supported by the member
the Development capacity building network. The countries. This alliance is one of the priorities under
countries appreciated India's efforts in creating the India's G20 Presidency. As major biofuel producers
necessary political environment to help developing and consumers, India, the US, and Brazil along
countries at a time when the world is facing multiple with other interested countries will work towards
crises. the development of a global biofuels alliance.
The alliance was announced by Hardeep Singh
Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and
Second meeting of the Employment
Working Group Housing and Urban Affairs, during the India Energy
Week 2023.
Most of the member countries During the meeting, the member countries sought
agree on the issue of a ministerial to enhance the ambitions of multilateral financial
declaration
institutions and coordinate with the Working
The three-day second meeting of the Employment Group on Sustainable Finance launched under
Working Group concluded in Guwahati on 5 April. India's chairmanship of the G-20, in order to

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