NE BUSINESS BUREAU
GANDHINAGAR, JULY 14
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das will be co-chairing the G20 meetings of foreign finance ministers and governors of central banks to be held from Monday to Tuesday, July 17 to 18. The meetings will be held at Mahatma Mandir and GIFT City in Gandhinagar.
Shri Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), @FinMinIndia , briefs on the 3rd #G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors #FMCBGs and Finance and Central Bank Deputies #FCBD meetings scheduled to take place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, during 14-18 July,… pic.twitter.com/mcpPkHtDCM
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Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Union Ministry of Finance, shared details with the media on Friday.
Curtain raiser press briefing by Sh. Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), @FinMinIndia , on the 3rd Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors and Finance and Central Bank Deputies meetings.
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“The meetings have five thematic sessions spread over two days. The first two sessions to be held on 17 July will be on ‘Global Economy and Global Health’ and ‘Sustainable Finance and Infrastructure’. Sessions on ‘International Financial Architecture’, ‘International Taxation’ and ‘Financial sector issues and Financial Inclusion’ will be held on 18 July,” said Seth.
He added, “When the ministers and governors met for the first time under the Indian G20 presidency in Bengaluru in February, they had mandated certain important topics. Since February, a significant body of work has been done by various working groups. They have completed several deliverables. Those have been discussed in the working groups and the same will be presented to the ministers and governors for deliberation.”