B-20 inception meeting to be organised in Gandhinagar from January 22

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As part of India's G-20 chairmanship, a Business-20 (B-20) founding meeting will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from January 22 to 24.

An overview of the news

• The main program of the B-20 Founding Meeting prepared by the B-20 India Secretariat in accordance with the theme of the conference "R.A.I.S.E: Responsible, Accelerated, Innovative, Sustainable and Equitable Businesses".

• The meeting will be held to prepare policy recommendations to be presented to the G20 ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit.

• This will be the first of 15 events that the other country is set to host as part of India's G20 presidency.

• The opening ceremony of the B-20 founding meeting will be attended by Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnav, state Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, India's Sherpa to G-20 Amitabh Kant and Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran.

• The inaugural meeting will be participated by more than 150 policy-makers, business executives, CEOs and senior executives representing enterprises from G-20 countries.

Issues to be discussed

• Climate change,

• Digital collaboration across borders in times of wars and pandemics,

• Sustainable and flexible value chain,

• Innovation among netizens,

• Financial Inclusion to Empower Communities in Different Socio-Economic Conditions