With one month to go for the G20 Summit, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P.K. Mishra, on Tuesday held a meeting of the Coordination Committee on India’s G20 presidency to review preparations for the two-day summit and outcomes of the Sherpa and Finance tracks.
India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said at the meeting that 185 meetings, including 13 ministerial-level meetings, had been held so far and 12 outcome documents and 12 other deliverables had been adopted with consensus, a government statement said.
“Discussion was held on the Indian presidency’s priorities including green development, accelerating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), strong sustainable balanced and inclusive growth, digital public infrastructure, gender equality and reform of multilateral institutions,” it said.
The secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs “informed that considerable progress has been made in the finance track including on crypto assets agenda, financial inclusion, mobilising climate finance and enabling finance for SDGs”, the government statement said.
The Information and Broadcasting secretary said over 3,200 mediapersons, including 1,800 foreign journalists, had registered for the summit on September 9-10. The security arrangements, traffic management and beautification drives were also reviewed along with Delhi government and police officials.
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He said it was important to continue the “whole of government approach”. “He pointed out that with one month remaining for the summit, it was time for last mile delivery with precision,” the statement said.
