8th G20 Parliamentary Speaker’s Summit held in Jakarta, Indonesia

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The 8th G20 Parliamentary Speaker’s Summit (P20) is being held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 6 and 7 October 2022.   The Parliaments of the G-20 countries are organised as P-20.

The P20 summit is being organized by the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia and Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU).

The theme of the P20 Speaker’s summit 2022: "Effective Parliament, Vibrant Democracy".

The Indian delegation is being led by the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and includes Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Rajya Sabha Secretary-General PC Mody, and other officials.

Group of 20 or G-20 

 G-20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the European Union.  The member countries are ;Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

India will host the G-20 (Group of 20) leaders’ summit in New Delhi next year in 2023. 

The 17th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will be held in Indonesia in November 2022, after which India will take over the G20 presidency in December 2022.