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Cover Story
Cover Story
Today, when it comes to doing any work on a large
scale, India's name easily comes to mind. The
presidency of G-20 is also no exception to this. Also,
the declaration being the most ambitious, contained
112 outcomes — 73 outcomes and 39 annexed
documents — which is more than two and a half times
Sherpas gathered for the first time in the as compared to the previous presidency.
city of lakes Udaipur
The 4-day first meeting of G-20 Sherpas was held in First meeting of Finance Track held in Bengaluru
Udaipur from December 4-7, 2022. Technological The first meeting of finance and central bank
change, green growth and lifestyle for the environment representatives of the finance track took place from
(LiFE), accelerated, inclusive and resilient growth, 13-16 December in Bengaluru, South India. Here the
multilateralism and 3Fs i.e. Food, Fuel and Fertilizer, first discussion took place on the challenges in the
women-led development, tourism and culture were Finance Track on economic issues related to the
discussed. Sherpas and delegates were welcomed world as well as how money will be arranged for the
with turbans. In view of the International Year of agenda set in the Sherpa Track.
Millets 2023, variety of millets was included in the
food menu here for the first time. Anti-corruption working group and

ministers' meeting
The first meeting of the Anti-Corruption Working Group
was held in Gurugram, Haryana, on March 1-4, the
second meeting was held in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand,
on May 25-27, while the third meeting of the Anti-
Corruption Working Group and the meeting of Anti-
Corruption Ministers was held in Kolkata between
August 9 and 12. Here the delegates watched local
dance and took a plunge in the faith of Maa Durga.

Meeting of Sherpas and Culture Working
n First meeting of Culture Working Group from 23-25 February
Group in Hampi in Khajuraho.
The third meeting of G-20 Sherpas was held between n The first meeting of the Sustainable Finance Working Group
13-16 July in Hampi, Karnataka. Hampi, located on the was held in Assam-Guwahati between 2-3 February.
banks of the Tungabhadra River, was the last capital of n A meeting of foreign ministers was held on 1-2 March in New Delhi.
the Vijayanagara Empire and is home to magnificent n The second meeting of the Health Working Group was held
Dravidian style temples which the G-20 delegates n in Goa from 17-19 April.
The second meeting of the Digital Economy Working Group
visited. Delegates were also taken to see the majestic was held between 17-19 April in Hyderabad.
stone chariot built by the 16th century king Krishnadeva n The second meeting of the Disaster Risk Reduction Working
Raya at the Vijaya Vitthal Temple in Hampi. Before Group was held between 23-25 May in Mumbai.
this, between July 9-12, representatives of the Culture n The second meeting of the Culture Working Group was held
Working Group also gathered in Hampi. in Bhubaneswar, Odisha between 14-17 May.
n A meeting of Labor and Employment Ministers was held in
Met in Kevadiya of Gujarat and Jaipur of Indore on 21 July.
n A meeting of the Ministerial Group on Women Empowerment
Rajasthan was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat between August 2 and
The third meeting of the Trade and Investment August 4.
Working Group was held in Kevadiya, Gujarat. The
fourth meeting of the group and the meeting of Meetings held in foreign countries also
Trade and Investment Ministers was held in Jaipur, The second meeting of the International Financial Architecture
Rajasthan. During this, ministers and representatives Working Group took place in Paris on 30–31 March. While
were introduced to the potential and heritage of both the second meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank
the cities. Governors was held in Washington DC on 12-13 April.

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