G20 Flower Festival begins in New Delhi

Tags: Festivals

From 11 March, the Flower Festival began at Delhi's Connaught Plaza with an aim to showcase the diversity of the G20 participants and invited nations.

News Overview

• It was inaugurated by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav.

• Themain objective of the festival is to showcase the vibrancy and diversity of the G20 members and guest countries.

• To achieve this objective, the festival will showcase a variety of flowering plants in various colours and arrangements, highlighting the richness of the Indian subcontinent.

• Along with plants, paintings and photographs of flowers from G20 members and invited countries will be displayed.

• The festival provides a unique opportunity to appreciate the beauty and diversity of flora and cultural heritage of the participating countries.

About the G20

• It is an international forum of the world's leading economies established in 1999.

• Its primary objective is to promote international financial stability and sustainable economic growth.

• The G20 serves as a forum to discuss and coordinate policies related to a wide range of economic and financial issues such as trade, investment, employment, energy and climate change.