Official set ups 5 members high-level committee to oversee the conditions
Jammu & Kashmir is all set to host the 2023 meetings of the G-20, an influential grouping that brings together the world's major economies, with the Union Territory government Thursday setting up a five-member high-level committee for overall coordination. The decision makes the world getting aware of the development happening.
Ahead of the announcement, the meet will be the first major international summit to be held in Jammu and Kashmir after the erstwhile state's special status guaranteed under Article 370 of the Constitution was withdrawn and it was divided into two union territories in August 2019.
Back in 2021 September, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal were appointed as India's Sherpa for the G20. The Ministry of External Affairs had said that India will hold the G20 presidency from December 1, 2022, and will convene the G20 leaders' summit in 2023 for the first time.
According to an official order issued here on Thursday, the Union Territory's housing and urban development department principal secretary will be the chairman of the committee which was formed in response to a June 4 communication from the Ministry of External Affairs.
The order issued by Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi said, "Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of a committee…for overall co-ordination of G-20 meetings to be held in the Union Territory of J&K."
The members of the committee include Commissioner Secretary (Transport), Administrative Secretary (Tourism), Administrative Secretary (Hospitality and Protocol) and Administrative Secretary (Culture).
"Further, principal secretary to the government, housing and urban development department is also nominated as UT level nodal officer to coordinate the arrangements for G-20 meetings in the Union Territory of J&K," the order said.
PM Modi has been leading India's representation at G20 summits since 2014. India has been a member of the G20 since its inception in 1999.
According to the MEA, India will be part of the G20 Troika from December 1, 2021, till November 30, 2024.
G20 brings together 19 of the world's leading economies and the European Union, with its members accounting for more than 80 per cent of global GDP, 75 per cent of global trade and 60 per cent of the global population, according to the MEA.
G20 member nations are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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