The assembly was co-chaired by India’s DWG Co-Chairs. (File)
Panaji:
India has put forth an formidable agenda for the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) which goals to convey inclusive and sustainable improvement, a senior Central authorities official informed delegates from varied international locations on the primary day of the DWG assembly in Goa.
More than 80 delegates from member international locations and 9 invitee international locations and varied worldwide and regional organisations are attending the three-day assembly.
The assembly was co-chaired by India’s DWG Co-Chairs – Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretaries Nagaraj Ok. Naidu and Eenam Gambhir.
“India has put forth an formidable agenda for the DWG that goals to convey inclusive and sustainable improvement and accelerating achievement of SDGs on the forefront,” Secretary (Economic Relations) of the Ministry of External Affairs, Dammu Ravi, informed the delegates in a video tackle.
Ravi acknowledged that the end result paperwork proposed by India together with High-Level Principles (HLPs) for Data for Development, HLPs for LiFE and Action Plan on Accelerating Progress on the SDGs will immediately feed into the leaders’ stage doc, the Green Development Pact that will probably be adopted on the Leaders’ summit in September.
He urged the DWG to work in the direction of consensus paperwork and requested assist from all delegations.
A day earlier, a senior bureaucrat had mentioned the Goa assembly will arrange improvement outcomes which will probably be taken up on the closing ministerial meet scheduled to be held in Varanasi.
Officials on Tuesday mentioned the classes on ‘Data for Development’ and ‘HLPs on LiFE’ noticed exhaustive and interesting discussions and negotiations for finalizing the language of consequence paperwork that displays the robust collective will of G20 to work collectively on the event agenda. Satisfactory progress was achieved in the course of the classes in coming to a typical understanding on loads of points, they mentioned.
Before the inaugural on Tuesday morning, an exhibition showcasing India’s women-led initiatives was inaugurated.
The exhibition relies on the theme of “ECHO” – The Economy with protected local weather and well being results in larger alternatives. It was organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.
The exhibition was curated by the National Institute of Fashion Technology and showcased merchandise conceived, designed, and made by ladies entrepreneurs, equivalent to handloom and textile gadgets, handicrafts, tea, spices, ayurvedic merchandise, and millet-based meals merchandise.
An artwork and craft exhibition has additionally been curated by Serendipity Arts on the assembly venue, which was inaugurated by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. It showcased wealthy and diverse craft traditions from totally different elements of India which have formed many cultural identities and are being reinvented by way of progressive functions in trendy designs, officers mentioned.
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