India will address raging global issues during G20 presidency

PM Modi has said that India’s G20 agenda would be inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented and decisive.

- DIBYENDU MONDAL

India on Thursday took the reins of the G20 presidency for one year, under the central theme "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam", which means "the world is one family". It's a "watershed" moment for the country where for the next one year India will host a multitude of events across the country and showcase India's rich cultural heritage, conduct various dialogues on counter-terrorism, climate crisis, financial growth, economic stability and agriculture, among other important issues that affect the world, with the aim of global economic growth and prosperity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while assuming charge of the presidency of G20 on Thursday, said that India's G20 presidency will promote and focus on the universal sense of oneness, because of which the theme of "One Earth, One Family, One Future" was chosen.

Prime Minister Modi also said that India's G20 agenda would be inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented and decisive, where the priorities for the next one year would not only be holding consultations with the G20 member countries, but also with fellow travellers.

In an article, the Prime Minister also listed that the world today, including India, faces some of the greatest challenges such as terror, climate change, and pandemic which can be best fought together. "India looks forward to working on encouraging sustainable lifestyles, depoliticising the global supply of food fertilizers and medical products, among other subjects. Let us join together to make India's G20 presidency a presidency of healing, harmony and hope. Let us work together to shape a new paradigm-of humancentric globalisation," PM Modi said.