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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is “becoming the voice of the Global South."

NEW DELHI : Cash transfers to landholding farming families under the PM Kisan scheme should be raised from ₹6,000 per year at present to ₹10,000, noted agricultural economist Dr Ashok Gulati has recommended in ongoing deliberations with the government, saying measures to check food inflation have come at the cost of farmers’ earnings. The economist’s inputs were earlier taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office ahead of the farmer income support scheme’s roll-out in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi may launch the much-anticipated Global Biofuels Alliance on 9 September during the upcoming G20 summit, said two people aware of the development. The marquee alliance with India, the US and Brazil as its founding members has received interest from 19 countries, from the G20 as well as outside it.

NEW DELHI : The Finance Ministry has lowered the basic customs duty on select items such as apples, almonds, lentils and chikpeas imported from the US, showed an official order. As per the order, customs duty on lentils imported from the US has now been fully exempted. Earlier it was at 20%.

G20 Summit under the India's Presidency scheduled to be held from September 9-10, reported ANI. The French President will have a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely in the form of a lunch on the 10th of September at the end of the G20 Summit.

economic activity. GFCF as a percentage of GDP stood at 28.9% in FY22 and at 29.2% in FY23 and is set to rise further, after declining from a high of 35.8% in FY08 through 29.5% in FY19. However, it's not all smooth sailing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Jakarta to atte... morePrime Minister Narendra Modi is in Jakarta to attend the ASEAN-India Summit.

Congress on Thursday took a swipe at the government over the heads of state of Russia and China not coming for the G20 Summit, saying their absence raises a lot of questions which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar should answer.

Opposition's INDIA alliance, saying its members stand exposed due to their silence on Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's alleged anti-Sanatan Dharma remarks. Without naming the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, he also recalled how strongly Sena founder Bal Thackeray had reacted against Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar during a past controversy. «Let any number of Stalins come, they can not eradicate Sanatan Dharma,» Shinde said, talking to the media here after attending Dahi Handi (Janmashtami) celebrations. «These INDIA alliance members have come together against the Hindus, Hindutva, their real faces are now exposed.

G20 Summit. The event on September 9-10 will be preceded by a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

China on Thursday expressed its support for the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the G20, saying it is the «first country to explicitly support» the inclusion of the African bloc in the grouping. In a recent interview with PTI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India backs the inclusion of the African Union as a full member of the Group of 20 largest economies as no plan for the future of the planet can be successful without the representation and recognition of all voices. «China is the first country to explicitly voice support for the AU's accession to G20,» Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here while replying to a question about reports that AU will be admitted to G20 at the New Delhi summit to be held on September 9-10. «At the recent China-Africa leaders dialogue, President Xi Jinping once again stressed that China actively supports the full membership of AU in the G20,» said. Mao said China and AU are important partners in building high-level commentary with a shared future and safeguarding international equity and justice. «We support the AU in playing a bigger role in global governance,» she said. In the last few years, India has been positioning itself as a leading voice, flagging concerns, challenges and aspirations of the Global South or the developing nations, especially the African continent. Prime Minister Modi has been leading from the front on the issue of the African Union's membership of the G20.

D K Shivakumar on Thursday asked the BJP leaders of the state to put pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get the clearances and permission for the Mekedatu balancing reservoir across Cauvery river in Ramanagara district. He said he had heard that the BJP leaders were visiting the Krishnaraja Sagar Dam in Mysuru. «I am happy that the BJP friends are going to the KRS.

Security Council, his spokesperson said on Thursday. «In terms of Security Council, the secretary general has been a strong advocate for Security Council reform to make it more reflective of the world that we live in today, as opposed to the world in 1945,» Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said. Dujarric was speaking on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Summit and East Asia Summit in Jakarta, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pitching for reforms at the United Nations Security Council, India has told the UN Security Council that there is a «need» for a council that better reflects the geographical and developmental diversity of the UN today. India's Permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, on Tuesday, said, «What we therefore need is a Security Council that better reflects the geographical and developmental diversity of the United Nations today.

duties on about half a dozen US products, including chickpeas, lentils and apples, which were imposed in 2019 in response to America's decision to increase tariffs on certain steel and aluminium products. India had imposed these duties on 28 US products in 2019 in retaliation to the US' move. The finance ministry through a notification dated September 5 informed about removal of duties on the products, including chickpeas, lentils (masur), apples, walnut in shell and almonds fresh or dried, as well as almond shelled. The move comes ahead of US President Joe Biden's visit to India to attend the G20 Summit on September 9-10, which would be preceded by a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. During the prime minister's state visit to the US in June, both countries decided to terminate six WTO (World Trade Organization) disputes and also remove the retaliatory tariffs on certain US products. As part of the agreement, India will be removing additional duty on chickpeas (10 per cent), lentils (20 per cent), almonds fresh or dried (Rs 7 per kg), almonds shelled (Rs 20 per kg), walnuts (20 per cent), and apples fresh (20 per cent). In July, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha had said the government has decided to remove retaliatory customs duties on import of almonds (fresh or dried, in shell), walnuts, chickpeas, lentils, apples, medical diagnostic reagents, and boric acid. The removal of retaliatory tariffs or cuts in import duty with the US did not result in a loss to India, she had said. The US is the largest trading partner of India.

G20 Summit, the member nations of the group have agreed to grant permanent membership to the African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, Bloomberg agency news reported. With this, the African Union has earned the same status as the European Union. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had written a letter to the G20 nations in which he proposed that the African Union be given full, permanent membership of the bloc at the upcoming summit in New Delhi.

G20 Summit dinner invite was sent out in the name of the 'President of Bharat' and not the customary ‘President of India’. While the Opposition said there was a possibility of a name change for India to Bharat alleging it was an “assault" on the Union of States, the ruling parties hailed the development, saying it was a move for a push from the slavery mindset – an idea promoted by PM Modi in his Independence Day speech.

Narendra Modi says, "This year's theme is ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth. ASEAN matters because here everyone's voice is heard & ASEAN is epicenter of growth because ASEAN plays an important role in global growth..." At the ASEAN-India Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "Our history and geography unite India and ASEAN.

Check all the latest updates on the G20 Summit 2023 at Mint's LIVE blog:Delhi Police has clarified that the entire city is opened during the G20 Summit only a few parts would remain closed. The police said, "It is once again reiterated that restrictons are only imposed in a smal portion of the NDMC area".A Delhi Police officer has sketched caricatures of 30 delegates who will be coming to India as part of the G20 Summit on September 9-10.This includes a total of 30 caricatures of 19 Heads of State, two European Union leaders, and nine other invitees who are expected to attend the gala event here in the national capital.Delhi Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Rajendra Kalkal has made the caricatures and placed them at his office in the police headquarters building for display.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has installed an additional automatic weather station near Pragati Maidan -- the G20 Summit venue -- to provide specialised and real-time weather forecasts in view of the high-level event.IMD's round-the-clock weather monitoring for the summit will begin on Thursday morning.The Delhi Police authorities have geared up to ensure round-the-clock security arrangements in the national capital during the G20 summit scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10.US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to hold a discussion on the agenda of G20, particularly the economic cooperation and multilateral investment opportunities, that stand before it and can be on the American leader's strong desire to see multilateral development bank reform and reshaping, a White House official said.

a renaming could be part of the agenda in the upcoming Special Session of Parliament. While Union Minister Anurag Thakur has called it a “rumour", while attacking the “mindset" of the Opposition for opposing the name ‘Bharat’, there has been no other word.

customs duty on US-origin masur a day before the arrival of US President Joe Biden for the G20 summit. The government has also made it mandatory for local stocks of masur to be reported weekly to quell attempts at cartelisation and manipulation aimed at restricting supplies. India had announced it would remove retaliatory duties on certain US products, including masur, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in June. Customs duty of 22% on masur of US origin was made zero effective September 6.

G20 Leaders’ summit this weekend will discuss a template and various building blocks for coordinated action on dealing with crypto assets, potentially paving the way for a global regulatory framework. A synthesis paper prepared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Financial Stability Board (FSB) at the behest of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on overall crypto asset regulation will be taken up by the leaders. “The synthesis paper will lay down a comprehensive roadmap and building blocks for a coordinated global regulatory framework… Leaders will take a final call on this,” said a senior government source. India has been pushing for a global regulatory framework on crypto assets under its G20 presidency as it strongly believes they cannot be regulated in isolation by any single country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had at the recent B20 summit made a strong pitch for a global regulatory framework for crypto assets that would address the concerns of all stakeholders At the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in July, the FSB had given recommendations for the regulation, supervision and oversight of crypto asset activities, markets and global stablecoin arrangements. The IMF paper deals with the challenges posed by these digital assets to monetary policy and capital flow management.