Most Ambitious G20 Presidency: PM Modi’s Leadership Hailed As G20 Summit In Delhi Adopts 112 Documents

As the G20 Summit concluded in Delhi on Sunday, August 10, the Central government said the Indian presidency emerged as one of the most defining in recent times with the adoption of over 73 outcomes and 39 annexed documents. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, shared a post on Linkedin hailing the success of India in the big event.

"As #G20Summit concludes, India’s #G20 presidency under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi ji will rank up there as of one the most defining presidencies in recent times. The message we’ve sent out is that we can think of a peaceful future without conflict, and talk about innovation, improving governance & empowering people with technology," he wrote. 

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The G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration was adopted after hectic deliberations which took place between September 7 and 8 among the diplomats and Sherpas of the G20 nations. In comparison to this year, only 50 outcomes and documents had been adopted in the 2022 G20 Summit held in Bali and 65 in Rome in 2021. To get a perspective on the success, take a look at the data from previous G20 presidencies since 2017.

(Source: LinkedIn/ Mos Rajeev Chandrashekhar)

The documents adopted at Delhi Summit included outcomes from the various meetings held between ministers and top officials of the G20 nations. These included outcome documents of the meetings between ministers of agriculture, culture, finance, environment, education, foreign, health, labour among others. Some of the key documents were based on action plan on sustainable development goals (SDGs), framework for digital public infrastructure, women empowerment.

Next G20 Summit In Brazil

Marking the ceremonial transfer of the G20 presidency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday handed over the gavel to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who praised India for giving voice to topics of interests of emerging economies. Brazil officially will take over the mantle of the presidency of the elite grouping on December 1. On the occasion, PM Modi proposed to hold a virtual session of G20 at the end of November.  

Russia and the US both praised the G20 Summit declaration that stopped short of directly criticising Moscow for the war in Ukraine as the bloc's leaders headed into the final day of deliberations on Sunday.

The world's biggest economies adopted a consensus declaration in New Delhi on Saturday that avoided condemning Russia for the war but highlighted the human suffering the conflict had caused and called on all states not to use force to grab territory. Germany and Britain have also praised the resolution but Ukraine has said "it was nothing to be proud of".

The summit was wrapped up with Sanskrit shloka ‘Swasti Astu Vishwa’  which means ‘let there be peace in the world’. “I declare the end of G20 summit. Hoping the roadmap of One Earth One family and One future be joyful. Thank you!,” PM Modi said.