Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Friday (6th January 2023) launched the themes of Y20 summit, logo, and website in the Curtain raiser event of Y20 Summit India in New Delhi.
Secretary Department of Youth Affairs, GoI Meeta R. Lochan, Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale, Mentor, Y20 Secretariat, India, Anmol Sovit, Chair for the Youth 20 Engagement Group, and senior officers of the Ministry also graced the event.
India is hosting the Y20 summit for the first time. Panel Discussion on "How India can harness its youth population to be a superpower" was also held in the second session of today's event.
During his address, Anurag Singh Thakur said, "The G20 Summit in India will bring together,
43 Heads of Delegations - the largest ever in G20 who will be participating in the final Summit in New Delhi in September this year.
The G20 consists of two parallel tracks: the Finance Track and the Sherpa Track. The Sherpa Track oversees inputs from
13 Working Groups,
2 Initiatives - Research Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) and G20 Empower, and various Engagement Groups.
The Engagement Groups of which
Youth 20 or Y20 is a part, bring together civil societies, parliamentarians, think
tanks,
women,
youth,
labour,
businesses, and researchers of the G20 countries."..
Source : Business Standard