- On 1 August, the G20 Empower Summit under India’s G20 Presidency began in Gandhinagar.
- Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani will inaugurate the summit.
- The theme of the two-day conference is “Women-led development: ensuring sustainable, inclusive and equitable global economic growth”.
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.