Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 16: India formally took over the G20 Presidency from Indonesia on Wednesday, which will officially assume office on December 1, 2022. At the closing ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the G20 presidency from Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo hands over the G20 Presidency to India at the closing ceremony of the Bali Summit.
India will officially assume G20 Presidency from 1st December. pic.twitter.com/T4WofMWGbo
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“It’s a matter of pride for every Indian as India takes over the presidency of the G20. We will organise G20 meetings in different states and cities in India. Together we will make G20 a catalyst for global change,” PM Modi said during the closing ceremony.
“India’s G20 presidency will be inclusive, ambitious, decisive and action-oriented. In the next one year, it will be our endeavour that G20 works as a global prime mover to give impetus to collective action,” he added.
At a previous G20 working session on digital transformation, Prime Minister Modi stated that India is ‘making digital access public.’
Only 50 nations, according to PM Modi, have digital payment infrastructure. In his speech at the third G20 Summit, he urged world leaders to commit to bringing digital transformation into everyone’s life in order to ensure that no one was left out of enjoying the advantages of technology.
“In India, we are making digital access public, but at the international level, there is still a huge digital divide. Citizens of most developing countries of the world do not have any kind of digital identity. Only 50 countries have digital payment systems,” he said.
As India takes over the G20 leadership on December 1, PM Modi promised that his country will cooperate with other G20 members to accomplish the goal. He declared that the idea of ‘Data for development’ would continue to be a key component of India’s presidency’s overarching theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future.’
The use of digital transformation effectively can be a ‘force multiplier’ in the worldwide fight against poverty, according to Prime Minister Modi, who called it the ‘most astonishing development of the era.’
