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The launch of ‘MAHARISHI G20 Presidency involved all the
(Millets and other Ancient States and Union Territories,
Grains International Research making it a pan-national event
Initiative)’, the first conference and experience.
on cyber security in the The meetings, organised in
G20, and the stress on the 60 cities across the country, had
importance of LiFE (Lifestyle for over one lakh delegates, from
Environment) principles also around 125 nationalities, getting
garnered the world’ attention on to visit different regions of
India spearheading the global India and witness the country’s
narrative. demography, democracy and
However, India’s G20 diversity. Interacting with them
Presidency’s inclusivity was were over 1.5 crore people of
not just limited to the Leaders' India that were involved in these
Summit held at New Delhi but was programmes some way or the
also reflected in the way all the other, making India’s G20 year
G20 meetings were conducted an exemplar of Jan Bhagidari.
over a period of nine months. In As stated by the Prime Minister,
the run up to the G20 Leaders’ the underlying goal behind the
Summit, India hosted over 200 decentralisation of the activities
meetings, in 13 Sherpa Track related to G20 was to invest in
Working Groups, 8 Finance Track capacity building in the citizens,
Workstreams, 11 Engagement the institutions and the cities.
Groups, and 5 Initiatives across Every meeting gave the people
the country. Moving away from of India, from all walks of life, the
the tradition of holding colossal opportunity and the confidence
events in the capital city, India’s to deliver a world-class event.

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