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The 2023 G20 New Delhi summit was the eighteenth meeting of the G20 (Group of Twenty), a Head of State and Government meeting held at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, Delhi on 9–10 September 2023. It was the first G20 summit held in India .
The government of India launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in India. It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20 June 2020 with an initial funding of ₹ 50,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 590 billion or US$6.8 billion in 2023) for 116 districts in 6 states.
India reported its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020, and by March 2020, the government implemented a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. However, this lockdown resulted in significant economic disruption and social challenges, particularly for the millions of informal workers who lost their livelihoods.
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in India on Friday, despite his wife testing positive earlier in the week. This weekend’s G20 summit in India could be a COVID super-spreader event, experts ...
Over the weekend, President Biden traveled to New Delhi for a summit of the world’s 20 biggest economies, or the G20. The talks largely focused on the Global South. Biden in India: 3 takeaways ...
World leaders earlier agreed to add the African Union as a permanent member of the G20 bloc G20 summit – live: Modi announces adoption of joint communique after Ukraine statement agreed Skip to ...
On 20 June the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan was launched to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in India. It is a rural public works scheme with an initial funding of ₹500 billion (US$7.0 billion) covering 116 districts in 6 states. [132] [133] [134]
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union (EU), and the African Union (AU). [2] [3] It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation and sustainable development, through annual meetings of Heads of State and Heads of Government.