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G20 Presidency: An opportunity for India

Given how India has carved out a place in the world, how expectations have grown, and how India is increasing its participation on international platforms, receiving the G20 Presidency at this time is a tremendous opportunity.

According to PM Modi, “It’s an opportunity to show the world India’s capability. India has the opportunity to introduce itself to the world and demonstrate its potential with such a large nation, the mother of democracy, such diversity, and such potential.”

How G20’s an opportunity for India

In an exclusive interview with DD India, United Nations Under-Secretary General and Associate Administrator UNDP Usha Rao Monari said, “Right now, India has an important opportunity to put in place models such as partnership models, financing models, governance models, and policy models that will carry it forward from this presidency to the next two, Brazil and then South Africa. As a result, India now has the opportunity to chart a course that can be followed. India is at a diplomatic high table.”

“When these models are implemented during this presidency, they will create a brand for India as the current G20 presidency. We live in a world that is extremely fragile and vulnerable. We’ve had crisis that overlapped. India has emerged as a new global voice of the developing world. It brings with it a wide range of expertise and experience, not only in the digital sector, but also in the health and agriculture sectors. India has a voice that connects with other voices to ensure that there is a whole-of-society approach to solving climate or sustainable development issues,” she furthered.

When asked how UNDP is assisting India in relation to the G20, she stated that we are assisting five tracks, four Sherpa and one Finance track. We’re also collaborating with the relevant nodal Ministries to first think through what needs to be done, and then we’ll use our resources and expertise to put in place models of action as we move forward. We have a strong gender programme that we will bring to achieve the outcomes that the Indian government desires, whether it is digitalization or women-led development.

 

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