Activists prepare for the first Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion meeting – one of the two venues of the ‘G20-2023 India’, on the eve of the event, in Kolkata, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Photo Credit: PTI
First ‘Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion’ G20 meeting The inaugural session will begin with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands addressing the gathering in Kolkata on Monday.
Officials said the three-day meeting would focus on principles of digital financial inclusion, remittance costs and SME finance availability.
It will also have seminars, exhibitions and a home outreach program on digital financial literacy involving more than 1,800 students from various schools, he added.
Read this also | Big Responsibility: On India’s G20 Presidency
Twelve international speakers will participate in this G20 meeting, including senior officials from the World Bank, Singapore, France and the Monetary Authority of Estonia.
Saurabh Garg, CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) are also scheduled to address the sessions.
A Union Finance Ministry official said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also likely to attend the meeting on Monday.
He is expected to promote West Bengal as an ideal destination for investment before the representatives of the member countries.
The city has been decked up for the meeting with tight security for the delegates visiting the city. Cultural programmes, sightseeing and dinner on a river cruise have been planned for the delegates as part of the scheduled programme.
India assumed the chairmanship of the G20 at their annual summit in Bali in November, with an effort to ensure that the grouping becomes a global prime mover to visualize new ideas and accelerate collective action to address urgent challenges. serves as.