INCLUSIVE AGENDA WITH INDIC IDEAS

INDIA'S G20 PRESIDENCY THEME IS “VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM”, OR “ONE EARTH ONE FAMILY ONE FUTURE”. IN THAT CONTEXT, PM MODI WILL BE POSITIONING INDIA AS A DRIVING FORCE OF UNITY, UNDERSCORING A TRICKY ROAD AHEAD AS THE NATION SEEKS TO BALANCE BETWEEN COMPETING GLOBAL POWERS”

- KANWAL SIBAL

India's profile under Prime Minister Modi has risen much more than before because of his leadership style and, more importantly, his taking leadership on many key issues on the international agenda.

He has been the voice of not only India's concerns but also of the Global South in general, a voice that will get more resonance under India's G20 presidency, now assumed by it after the Bali summit.

In his statement at the closing session of the G20 summit, PM Modi reiterated what India's priorities will be during its presidency. He has recognised that India is taking charge of the G20 at a time when the world is simultaneously grappling with geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown, rising food and energy prices, and the long-term ill-effects of the pandemic. He has promised that India's G-20 presidency will be inclusive, ambitious, decisive, and action-oriented.

PM Modi has already launched many new ideas internationally to shape the contemporary global agenda in climate change, renewable energy, green transition, digitalisation, inclusive development etc. Under its G20 presidency, India will have the opportunity to promote its ideas more purposefully for the global good. He stressed at Bali that the need today is to ensure that development benefits are universal and all inclusive. In line with his oft-expressed view that globalisation should be people-centric, he said at Bali that the benefits of developments should be extended to all human beings with compassion and solidarity”.