India to host G-20 development ministers' meeting in Varanasi from June 11-13
The HinduIndia will host a three-day meeting of development ministers of the G-20 member nations in Varanasi beginning on Sunday that is expected to focus on disruptions in global supply chains, food and energy security challenges and impacts of climate change among other issues. The G-20 development ministers' conclave follows the Voice of the Global South Summit that was hosted by India in January, and the decisions taken at the Varanasi meet will also contribute to the UN summit on Sustainable Development Goals in September, the MEA said. In a statement, it said the Varanasi meeting is taking place amid mounting developmental challenges that have been further aggravated by economic slowdown, debt distress, impacts of climate change, growing poverty and inequality, food and energy insecurity, global supply-chain disruptions, and geo-political conflicts and tensions. "The G-20 development ministerial meeting will be an opportunity to collectively agree on actions for accelerating achievement of the SDGs and foster synergies between the development, environment and climate agendas while avoiding costly trade-offs that hold back progress for the developing countries," the MEA said.