New Delhi: India is scheduled to host the G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 in 2023 under its Presidency, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Tuesday.
“The G20 Leaders’ Summit at the level of Heads of State/Government is scheduled to be held on 09 and 10 September 2023 in New Delhi,” the official statement said.
India will assume the presidency for G20 for one year from December1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, and is expected to host over 200 meetings across the country, beginning in December this year.
India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023.
Press Release on the forthcoming Presidency: https://t.co/LFQ6dmQgEd
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) September 13, 2022
The G20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies. It comprises 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UK, USA) and the European Union (EU).
Collectively, the G20 accounts for 85% of global GDP, 75% of international trade and two-thirds of the world population, making it the premier forum for international economic cooperation.
“India is currently part of the G20 Troika (current, previous and incoming G20 Presidencies) comprising Indonesia, Italy and India.”
During our Presidency, India, Indonesia and Brazil would form the troika, the MEA said, adding that this would be the first time when the troika would consist of three developing countries and emerging economies, providing them a greater voice.
In addition to G20 Members, there has been a tradition of the G20 Presidency inviting some Guest countries and International Organizations (IOs) to its G20 meetings and Summit.
Accordingly, in addition to regular International Organizations (UN, IMF, World Bank, WHO, WTO, ILO, FSB and OECD) and Chairs of Regional Organizations (AU, AUDA-NEPAD and ASEAN), India, as G20 Presidency, will be inviting Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and UAE as Guest countries, as well as ISA (International Solar Alliance), CDRI (Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure) and ADB (Asian Development Bank) as Guest IOs.
Informing about the priorities, MEA said that while our G20 priorities are in the process of being firmed up, ongoing conversations inter alia revolve around inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth; LiFE (Lifestyle For Environment); women’s empowerment; digital public infrastructure and tech-enabled development in areas ranging from health, agriculture and education to commerce, skill-mapping, culture and tourism; climate financing; circular economy; global food security; energy security; green hydrogen; disaster risk reduction and resilience; developmental cooperation; fight against economic crime; and multilateral reforms.
The G20 currently comprises a finance track, with 8 workstreams: global macroeconomic policies, infrastructure financing, international financial architecture, sustainable finance, financial inclusion, health finance, international taxation, financial sector reforms.
It also includes the Sherpa track, with 12 workstreams: anti-corruption, agriculture, culture, development, digital economy, employment, environment and climate, education, energy transition, health, trade and investment, tourism.
There are 10 engagement groups of private sector/civil society/independent bodies: business 20, civil 20, labour 20, parliament 20, science 20, supreme audit institutions 20, think 20, urban 20, women 20 and youth 20.
