India’s G20 presidency: A look at agenda and proposals for the finance and sherpa tracks

India will host the 18th G20 summit in New Delhi from September 9-10. The theme for India's G20 Presidency is 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' or 'One Earth, One Family, One Future'. The country will host over 200 meetings across 13 working groups, 11 engagement groups, five initiatives and eight finance working tracks. ET looks at the agenda, developments, introductions and proposals for the finance and sherpa tracks.

Overall agenda for G20

- Green development, climate finance and LiFE
- Accelerated, Inclusive & Resilient Growth

- Accelerating Progress on Sustainable Development Goals
- Technological Transformation & Digital Public Infrastructure
- Multilateral Institutions for the 21st Century
- Women-led Development

Suggestions for Sherpa track

- WTO reform, integration of MSMEs, resilient GVCs via G20 Generic Framework for Mapping GVCs
- G20 High-Level Principles to Support Businesses in Building Safety, Security, Resilience, and Trust in the Digital Economy
- G20 Action Plan on Sustainable Development through Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women

Developments from the finance track

- Debt vulnerabilities in low- and middle-income economies
- Advancing financial inclusion and productivity gains through digital public infrastructure
- Roadmap on crypto assets
- Reform of multilateral banks
- Financing cities of tomorrow to make cities inclusive, resilient, and sustainable
- Addressing issues around climate finance

New introductions under India’s presidency

- Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group
- Startup 20 Engagement Group
- Launch of Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable

G20 in numbers

- 1 lakh+ participants
- 200+ meetings
- 68+ outcome documents, communiques and reports
- Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Mumbai, Goa top hosts

Other proposals

- Making Africa Union a permanent member of G20
- Global Biofuels Alliance

Source: G20.org, ET