New Delhi, Jan 18: CII is organizing B20 Programmes in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs and North Eastern State Governments. This is happening to explore partnerships amongst business communities from G20 member countries towards developing a common agenda for the development of critical sectors’ financial systems as an increasing driver.
It became introduced on Tuesday for the duration of a pre cursor meeting organized in New Delhi as a prelude to B20 programmes to be held withinside the North East Region of India through CII in partnership with the G20 Secretariat and North East State Governments.
The Business 20 (B20) is a collection that represents the private sector within the Group of 20 (G20) Forum. The B20 was established to provide a platform for the business community to engage with the G20 and to offer recommendations on policies that can support global economic growth and development.
B20 Programme will exhibit the capacity that the North East place gives for funding for global and local investors and highlight Opportunities for multilateral business partnerships in Industry sectors where the North East States have core strength.
The B20 program scheduled from February 17-19, 2023 in Imphal could focus on ICT, Medical Tourism, Healthcare & Handlooms. The B20 programme scheduled from 1-3 March in Aizawl would focus on Urban planning, Infrastructure & Skill Development.
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From March 16-19, 2023 Gangtok could host a B20 programme focussing on Tourism, Hospitality, pharmaceuticals, and Organic Farming, and on April 4-6, the B20 programme would be organized in Kohima focussing on Agriculture and Food Processing.
In addition to the Business 20 meetings, every state would organize, an excursion to tourist sights, a cultural program, and a Gala Dinner for participants to acquaint themselves with the North Eastern states.
Speaking at the Precursor programme of B20 India Initiatives for North East States, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State of External Affairs highlighted the unique strength of North East Region and its business potential and invited representatives of diplomatic missions, bilateral and multilateral agencies to take part in the B20 programmes scheduled in the North East States.
Muktesh K Pardeshi, OSD G20 Operations stated that apart from the B20 events being organized in the four Northeastern States namely, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim other events such as Youth 20, Science 20, Space 20, etc are being organized in the remaining states of Northeast.
Harsh Vardhan Singla, Chief Coordinator for India’s G20 Presidency stated that B20 events in the Northeast will create a platform for one-to-one interaction not only with the State Ministers but also with some Union Ministers.
The Residence Commissioners of Manipur, Mizoram, and Sikkim in Delhi and the Home Commissioner of Nagaland highlighted the business opportunities in their respective states.
Pradeep Bagla, co-chairman, of CII North East Council invited Diplomatic Missions from G20 countries to facilitate trade and business delegations to participate in the B20 initiatives in the North East States.
