G-20 Summit and Manipur

Advocate Loukrakpam Herojit Singh
Contd from previous issue
Environment and climate change are also one of the summit's central topics. Despite the fact that 77% of the State's landmass is covered by forests, Manipur faces the same climate change issues as the rest of the world. During the summit, experts may propose a plan and solution in this regard.
The Startup-20 Engagement Group will be constituted for the first time under India's G-20 Presidency, led by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in recognition of the importance of startups in fostering innovation in response to a rapidly changing global environment.
According to the MSME Report, 2018-19 Manipur has the largest number of start-up registrations among the North Eastern States, yet the State's industrial development is unsatisfactory. It needs financial and technical support. The G-20 summit will provide the opportunity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the other hand, has launched the "Act East Policy" designed to promote Indo-Pacific relationships, regional political stability, and economic interchange with Southeast Asian Nations.
This summit is crucial for Manipur, as the State serves as the East-West Corridor's gateway. The G-20 Development Working Group (DWG) prioritises multilateralism, shares growth-promoting solutions, remaps development plans, and achieves Sustainable Development Goal targets (SDG).
The G-20 provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and financial resources to correct errant trajectories to the developing nations, least developed Nations, and island Nations.
Therefore, a small State like Manipur should take advantage of the G-20 Summit to stand on her own feet. Manipur should be explored and admired by the delegates of the G-20, an intergovernmental organisation comprised of Argen- tina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union, as well as by the guests of special invitee guest countries of presidency India, which include Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, and Spain.
For the State's development, Manipur should seek closer ties with the G-20's invited international organisations, which include the UN, IMF, World Bank, WHO, WTO, ILO, FSB, OECD, AU Chair, NEPAD Chair, ASEAN Chair, ADB, ISA, and CDRI.
Business summit of B-20 will be held to examine the opportunities and problems face by modern business and to help the community take advantage of those chances in order to recognize its full potential and make contribution to the development of the society and the nation at large.
This is what Manipur need at present and the opportunity is at hand now. The G-20 Summit, 2023 is the ideal opportunity to display Manipur's rich culture, natural beauty, innovative start-ups, gracious hospitality, and empowered women to global and domestic delegates and guests. The G-20 Summit is an ideal opportunity to promote Manipur as a major tourist destination, given in presence of all the world's major economies. Manipur under the leadership of Chief Minister N Biren Singh is ready to experience the ideal opportunity.