Inclusive, resilient growth focus of India's G20 priorities: S. Jaishankar
The Hindu
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India's priorities for its G20 Presidency are to ensure inclusive and resilient growth with a focus on challenges being faced by the countries of the Global South, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Mr. Jaishankar also listed technological transformation and public digital infrastructure, reform in the multilateral institutions, women-led development and international peace and harmony as key focus areas for India's Presidency of the grouping.
India assumed the Presidency of the influential bloc G20 at its annual summit in Bali in November with a promise of striving to ensure that the grouping acts as a global prime mover to envision new ideas and accelerate collective action to deal with pressing challenges.
India is hosting a series of events and meetings ahead of the G20 summit later this year.
"India's G20 Presidency priorities are inclusive and pragmatic, with broad areas of substantive deliberations comprising inclusive and resilient growth, progress on SDGs, green development and lifestyle for environment, technological transformation and public digital infrastructure, reforming multilateral institutions, women-led development, and international peace and harmony," Mr. Jaishankar said.
"It is our endeavour that inputs generated from the 'Voice of Global South Summit' receive cognisance globally, including in G20 deliberations," he said.
The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity in the world.
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