JK set to host G-20 Summit subsequent 12 months, 5-member panel arrange for preparation

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SRINAGAR:  Jammu and Kashmir is all set to host the G-20 Summit in 2023. This would be the first main global summit to be held in picturesque J&Ok ever and holds further importance as it’ll be happening over three-and-a-half years after the scrapping of Article 370 and bifurcation of J&Ok state into two Union Territories (UTs) through the Centre on August 5, 2019.

In line with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, India would cling the G-20 presidency from December 1, 2022 and would convene the primary ever summit of the influential grouping within the nation in 2023.
Following a verbal exchange from the MEA on June 4, the Lt-Governor management in J&Ok has shaped a five-member committee for the full coordination of G-20 conferences to be held within the Union Territory. 

The five-member committee will likely be lead through Main Secretary, Housing and City Building Division, whilst Commissioner Secretary (Delivery),  Administrative Secretary (Tourism), Administrative Secretary (Hospitality and Protocol) and Administrative Secretary (Tradition) will likely be its individuals.

The Housing and City Building Secretary has additionally been nominated because the UT-level nodal officer to coordinate the preparations for G-20 conferences, reads the order issued through Main Secretary to Govt, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi.

BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur stated the scheduled G-20 summit in Kashmir subsequent 12 months was once the result of Top Minister Narendera Modi’s courageous choice of Article 370 rollback and J&Ok’s integration with the rustic. “Kashmir gets an enormous financial push in the course of the G-20 summit. This can be a peace dividend,” he stated.

G-20 brings in combination 19 of the arena’s main economies and the Eu Union and its individuals account for over 80 in line with cent of worldwide GDP, 75 p.c of worldwide business and 60 p.c of the worldwide inhabitants.

The G-20 nations come with Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the United States, and the Eu Union.India will likely be a part of the G20 Troika (previous, present, and incoming G-20 presidencies) from December 1, 2021 until November 30, 2024. The summit can even enhance tourism and draw in guests from around the globe to the picturesque Valley.

City construction secy to move the committee

The Lt-Governor management has shaped a 5 member committee for the full coordination of G-20 conferences to be held within the Union Territory. The committee will likely be headed lead through Main Secretary, Housing and City Building Division.