India has been buying oil from Russia and will continue to do what is in its interest, Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa and former Niti Aayog CEO, told CNBC-TV18, ahead of the first Sherpa meeting of the G20 India presidency.
“Our policy remains clear and steady. The country is speaking on behalf of the global south, to seek a greater voice for them,” said Kant, adding, “Our priorities are ambitious and we will try to evolve discussions on development, growth and financial inclusion. We want to have an inclusive, sustainable and resilient growth in light of the looming slowdown.”
Highlighting that “digital transformation will be a priority”, Kant said, “Close to four billion people in the world don’t have a digital identity and two billion don’t have bank accounts.”
G7 price cap – #India has been buying oil from #Russia, we will continue to do what is in India's interest, our policy remains clear and steady. The country is speaking on behalf of the global south, to seek a greater voice for them, says Amitabh Kant To CNBC-TV18 pic.twitter.com/VLG9Culd6K— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) December 5, 2022
Kant said that it was important for China, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and private sector to come together to agree on debt packages for specific countries.
Kant, who interacted with Sherpas of all the Emerging Market Economies (EME) on Monday, said: “We want to culturally elevate and spiritually invigorate every G20 delegate. We are serving millet dishes in every meal to delegates as 2023 will be the ‘year of millets’.”
Day 2 of Sherpa meeting in Udaipur#G20 Sherpas to deliberate upon these 5 key themes during the 2 day meet #G20India pic.twitter.com/HhxDu7jqGE— G20 India (@g20org) December 5, 2022
EME MEETING
“Delighted to interact with Sherpas of all the Emerging Market Economies (EME) on the sidelines of the 1st Sherpa meeting of the G20India Presidency. We discussed issues of mutual interest, inclusive, resilient and accelerated growth and advancement of the Global South,” Kant tweeted.
G20 Sherpa Meeting under India’s Presidency is currently underway, beginning with an overview of India’s issue notes and priorities by Sherpa Kant. “Negotiations at Sherpa-level meetings eventually form the basis of the Leaders’ Declaration,” India’s G20 handle tweeted.
Under the #G20India Presidency, our focus would be on shared priorities & forging win-win collaborations between developing countries, global south & advanced economies. Productive discussions underway at the 1st Sherpa meeting at the majestic Durbar Hall at Taj Fateh Prakash pic.twitter.com/ImlW2LjTD3— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) December 5, 2022
Kant held a productive discussion with the Sherpas G20 Troika comprising India, Brazil and Indonesia. “As members of troika, which consists of current, past and future Presidencies, we will work together to takeforward India’s priorities in #G20,” he said in another tweet.
The G20 or Group of Twenty (G20) is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies.
With ANI Inputs
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