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India's G-20 presidency Nation

BHARAT MANDAPAM READY TO HOST WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMIC FORUM

Representing 85% of the world's GDP, 75% of trade, and two-thirds of the world's population,
hosting the G-20 has made every Indian feel proud. The presidency of this largest economic forum
will remain with India until November 30, 2023. During this time, about 200 meetings have been
held in more than 50 cities. With the summit being held in New Delhi on September 9–10, the
New India Samachar will carry a detailed report in the October 1–15 issue. Ahead of the Leaders'
Summit, G-20 Ministerial Conferences were held, whose recommendations were put forward by the
Indian Presidency to set a new agenda for the world.

INDIA: THE MOTHER OF DEMOCRACY INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
India, the world's largest democracy, presented to the
world the glory of being the mother of democracy. The
exhibition on the theme at Bharat Mandapam embodied The G-20 meetings were held in more than
50 cities so that the representatives could be
the spirit of pride in one's heritage, as embodied in Prime introduced to the culture and diversity of the
Minister Narendra Modi's Panch Pran. The National nation by introducing them to the culture, food,
Museum of 'Yuge-Yugin Bharat' is going to be built in New and clothing of the respective cities and states.
Delhi, which will be the largest museum in the world. It
will showcase the more than 5,000-year-old history and were included in the yoga programme in the morning.
culture of India.
G20 DELEGATES CUT CHANDRAYAAN-3 THEMED
THE JOURNEY OF IMPROVEMENT, PERFORMANCE, CAKE
AND CHANGE The euphoria of successful journey of India's
The journey of change, performance, and transformation Chandrayaan-3, which created history by landing on the
that India embarked upon in 2014 increased South Pole of the Moon, was also seen during the G-20
competitiveness and transparency and expanded meeting. During the meeting of trade and investment
digitization. The present government is committed ministers held in Jaipur on August 25, a cake with the
to making India the third largest economy soon, with message From India to the moon for the world was cut to
initiatives like Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat celebrate the occasion.
boosting manufacturing as well as bringing policy
stability. VISIT TO CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES
Glimpses of Indian cultural heritage were presented to
MESSAGE OF YOGA TO THE WORLD the delegates attending each meeting. Along with this,
Yoga was associated with every meeting of the G-20, sites showcasing India's capabilities were also shown.
be it the meetings of the working group of the Sherpa
track or the Finance track or the meetings of ministers G-20 MOBILE APP MADE FOR THE FIRST TIME
of different subjects; programmes of yoga were kept in For the first time a mobile app has been created for G-20.
every meeting. Among the delegates who came to attend It has been named G20 India. This app is available on
the meeting, keeping in mind the importance of yoga, they both Android and iOS operating systems. n

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