What is the News? India has joined the G20 ‘Troika’. What is Troika? Troika refers to the top grouping within the G20 that consists of the current, previous and incoming presidencies. Currently, Troika consists of Indonesia, Italy, and India – the current, previous and incoming G20 Presidencies respectively. G20 Presidency Indonesia has assumed the G20… Continue reading India joins G20’s Troika with Indonesia and Italy
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Aiding Afghans: On G20 meeting on Afghanistan
Synopsis: Owing to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan the shortage with regard to fund and food availability has multiplied the crisis. Introduction At a meeting of G-20 countries, PM of India highlighted about the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. He also called for the international community to provide Afghanistan with immediate and unhindered access to… Continue reading Aiding Afghans: On G20 meeting on Afghanistan
Harness power of nature-based solutions to fight climate crisis: G20 ministers
Source: Down to Earth Relevance: Fighting climate change Synopsis: India can leverage the global best practices regarding Nature-based solutions (NbS) to fight against the climate crisis. Significance of NbS and discussion of its major roadblocks. Background In the recently concluded meeting of The environment, energy and climate ministers from the ‘Group of 20’ on in… Continue reading Harness power of nature-based solutions to fight climate crisis: G20 ministers
Agriculture minister joins G-20 meet over
News:Union Agriculture Minister participated in an virtual meeting of G-20 Agriculture Ministers which was organised by the Saudi Presidency Facts: The meeting sought to address the issue of Covid-19 impacts on food security, safety and nutrition. Highlights of the meet: No export restrictions or high taxes on food and agricultural products purchased by the World… Continue reading Agriculture minister joins G-20 meet over
Virtual G20 Leaders Summit
News:A virtual G20 Summit was held under the presidency of Saudi Arabia. Facts: G20 Summit,2020: Saudi Arabia is the first Arab nation to hold the G20 presidency. Theme- “Realising Opportunities of the 21st Century for All”. G20: It is an informal group of 19 countries and the European Union with representatives of the International Monetary… Continue reading Virtual G20 Leaders Summit
Saudi Arabia takes over G20 presidency from Japan
News:Saudi Arabia has became the first Arab nation to take over the G20 Presidency on December 1,2019. Facts: About G20 Summit,2020: Saudi Arabia will host the G20 Summit in its capital, Riyadh on November 21,2020. The theme of Summit- “Realising Opportunities of the 21st Century for All”. Objectives of G20 Summit,2020: Empowering People by creating… Continue reading Saudi Arabia takes over G20 presidency from Japan
India worst affected by climate change among G20 says report
News: A study titled ‘Brown to Green’ by Climate Transparency (CT) has said that India is worst affected by climate change among G20 countries. Facts: Key Takeaways from the study India, Russia, France, Italy and Germany are the top 5 for average climate related annual deaths at 3,661. India, China, EU, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia… Continue reading India worst affected by climate change among G20 says report
India joins WEF’s G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance
News:India has joined the World Economic Forum’s(WEF) G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance. Facts: About G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance: The G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance was established in June 2019, in conjunction with the G20 Summit held in Osaka,Japan. It is an alliance that comprises of 15 of the… Continue reading India joins WEF’s G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance
G-20 resolves to free Internet of extremism
The leaders of G20 after the Osaka summit has agreed to prevent the use of the internet to fund and facilitate terrorism and extremism. They asserted that while the internet must be open,free and secure but it cannot serve as a safe haven for terrorists. The leaders also called for implementing relevant UN resolutions,the UN… Continue reading G-20 resolves to free Internet of extremism
India pitches strongly for fight against fugitive economic offenders
India has pitched strongly to deal with fugitive economic offenders at the G20 summit in Osaka,Japan. India has said that all countries should come together to deal with economic offenders escaping to other geographies to get away with their crimes. In 2018,India has passed the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act.The act seeks to confiscate properties and… Continue reading India pitches strongly for fight against fugitive economic offenders
Modi, Trump discuss Iran, trade and defence ahead of G20 Summit
Indian Prime Minister has held bilateral talks with US President ahead of the formal inauguration of the G-20 Summit in Osaka,Japan. The two leaders discussed various bilateral and global issues such as (a)Iran (b)5G communications networks (c)trade and (d)defence ahead of the G-20 Summit. The two leaders agreed that trade issues need to be discussed… Continue reading Modi, Trump discuss Iran, trade and defence ahead of G20 Summit
Terrorism biggest threat to humanity: Narendra Modi at informal BRICS leaders’ meeting in Osaka
An informal meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) nations was conducted on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka,Japan. During the meeting,Indian PM has said that terrorism is the biggest threat to humanity which not only kills innocents but also severely affects the economic development and social stability. The… Continue reading Terrorism biggest threat to humanity: Narendra Modi at informal BRICS leaders’ meeting in Osaka
G-20 summit: Corruption key focus area, India works hard to get strong para into Osaka declaration
Indian Prime Minister is attending the 2019 G20 Summit held in Osaka, Japan. The summit is the 14th such gathering.The theme of the G20 summit 2019 is human-centred future society. After this summit,India will become part of the troika that includes the next set of G20 chairs – Saudi Arabia (2020), Italy (2021) and India… Continue reading G-20 summit: Corruption key focus area, India works hard to get strong para into Osaka declaration
At Osaka G20 summit, PM Modi to talk global meet on terror
Prime Minister is going for the 2019 G20 Summit to be held in Osaka, Japan.The summit will be the 14th such gathering.The theme of the G20 summit 2019 is human-centred future society. There will be four key sessions at the summit (a)Global Economy:Trade and Investment (b)Innovation in Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence (c)Addressing Inequalities and… Continue reading At Osaka G20 summit, PM Modi to talk global meet on terror
India likely to raise terror, financial crimes at G20 summit in Osaka
Prime Minister will attend the G-20 summit in Osaka,Japan from June 27-29,2019. The theme of the summit is “Human centred future society”.The summit will take up digital economy, artificial intelligence, global health, ageing and marine plastic waste as subjects of deliberation. The Government has said that former Union minister Suresh Prabhu would be the sherpa… Continue reading India likely to raise terror, financial crimes at G20 summit in Osaka
G20 agrees to tackle ocean plastic waste
At the recent G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth, held in Japan, G20 economies has adopted a new implementation framework for actions to combat marine plastic pollution. The new framework is aimed at facilitating further concrete action on marine waste, on a voluntary basis. In 2017, at G20 Hamburg… Continue reading G20 agrees to tackle ocean plastic waste
G20 Finance Ministers call for creation of digital tax
Recently,G20 finance ministers at a meeting Japan has agreed to compile common rules to close loopholes used by global tech giants to reduce their corporate taxes. Global technology firms such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and others face criticism for cutting their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the… Continue reading G20 Finance Ministers call for creation of digital tax
India calls upon G-20 countries to urgently resolve issue of taxing profits made by offshore digital companies
During the meeting of G-20 finance ministers in Japan,Indian Finance Minister has called on G-20 countries to adopt principle of ‘significant economic presence’ to address challenges to tax profits made by the digital companies. The concept of Significant Economic Presence was introduced in the Income-Tax Act,1961 from April 1,2018. This was introduced to tax the… Continue reading India calls upon G-20 countries to urgently resolve issue of taxing profits made by offshore digital companies
Nirmala Sitharaman to attend G-20 Finance Ministers’ meeting in Japan
Finance Minister will attend the two-day meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and central bank governors in Japan.The deliberations at this meeting would be followed by the G-20 Leaders Summit scheduled on June 28,2019 at Osaka,Japan. The G-20 finance ministers are likely to discuss issues such as (a)infrastructure investment (b)resilience against natural disasters and (c)strengthening health… Continue reading Nirmala Sitharaman to attend G-20 Finance Ministers’ meeting in Japan
U20 leaders call on G20 to accelerate SDG goals progress
Recently,Tokyo has hosted the second U20 Mayors Summit.The summit took place one month ahead of the G20 Osaka Summit. Mayors of 30 major cities from across the world has urged the Global leaders to act fast on climate change, social inclusion and sustainable economic growth. The issues highlighted by the mayors and city governors will… Continue reading U20 leaders call on G20 to accelerate SDG goals progress
Trump could meet Xi on sidelines of G20 meet in June: aide
US President and China’s leader could possibly meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit to talk out their differences on trade.The G20 summit is scheduled to take place in Osaka,Japan on June 28-29,2019. Recently,US and Chinese negotiators ended their 11th round of talks after failing to reach an agreement to end the trade war… Continue reading Trump could meet Xi on sidelines of G20 meet in June: aide
Saudi Arabia to host G20 summit in 2020
Saudi Arabia will host the Group of 20(G20) summit in 2020 in Riyadh.This will be the first time the G20 is being held in the Arab region. Further,Japan will host the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka. The 2020 G20 summit’s agenda will include financial,economic and social issues such as energy,environment,climate,digital economy,trade, agriculture, healthcare,education and labour.… Continue reading Saudi Arabia to host G20 summit in 2020
G20 must tackle the root causes of trade tensions that threaten growth: EU
During the upcoming G20 finance ministers summit in US, European Union (EU) officials are planning to call on the G20 to tackle structural and underlying challenges to the international flow of goods and services that threaten to hinder global economic growth. According to reports,the EU is concerned with the threats posed by (a)higher tariffs (b)slowing… Continue reading G20 must tackle the root causes of trade tensions that threaten growth: EU
Congress hosts G20 diplomats, shares political vision
Congress leaders held an interaction with ambassadors of G20 member-countries. G20 is an international forum of the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies formed in 1999.The group accounts for 85% of world GDP and two-thirds of the population.They have no permanent staff of its own and its chairmanship rotates annually between nations… Continue reading Congress hosts G20 diplomats, shares political vision
