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G20 HOLDS 100 MEETING IN VARANASI
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India working towards

building a better world

More than 12,000 delegates from 110 countries and over 7,000 artists gathered in
41 cities across the country's 28 states and union territories. This is the journey from
December 1, 2022, when India officially assumed the G-20 presidency, to the 100th
meeting held in Varanasi. These figures demonstrate India's growing global power and
dominance. During its presidency, India is also strongly putting forward the voices and
concerns of the Global South and developing countries in the direction of building a
better world.

he way India has organised these global have had a wonderful experience of Indian culture
thinking programmes across the country and traditions, as well as natural beauty.
Tduring its G-20 presidency has transformed Till the end of April, three ministerial meetings
the G-20 into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's have been held under India's G-20 chairmanship.
People's G-20, or rather, a mass movement. The In Washington, DC, it hosted the first meeting of
100th meeting of G-20 with leading agricultural finance ministers and central bank governors, the
scientists was held in Varanasi, India, from April G-20 foreign ministers' meeting, and the second
17 to 19. On the same day, the Health Working meeting of the FMCBG. The ministerial meetings
Group held its second meeting in Goa, the Digital concluded with concrete outcome documents that
Economy Working Group met in Hyderabad, and aided in the development of consensus on the
the Space Economy Leaders' Meeting was held in G20's shared priorities. The G-20 leaders' summit
Shillong. More than 12,000 representatives from will be held in New Delhi on September 9 and 10
110 countries have visited India as members, as part of India's presidency of the grouping. In
invited nations, or international organisations, and preparation for this, G-20 member countries and

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