Gender equality key to achieve SDGs: PM

Modi

First India Bureau Varanasi

PM Narendra Modi has called for efforts to increase investment in fulfilling the SDGs and find solutions to address the debt risks faced by many countries while also noting that multilateral financial institutions should be reformed to ensure that finance is accessible to those in need.

In a video message during G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting on Monday, the PM said that gender equality and women’s empowerment are crucial to achieving the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Noting that development is a core issue for the Global South, he said these countries were severely impacted by the disruptions created by the global Covid pandemic and the food, fuel, and fertilizer crises because of geo-political tensions have delivered another blow.

PM Modi said his government has made efforts to improve people’s life in more than hundred Aspirational Districts, which were pockets of under-development.

First India Bureau Mumbai

An opinion poll on Maharashtra by ‘MATRIZE’ agency has indicated that the BJP may get 121 to 131 seats in Maharashtra in the Assembly elections. And Shiv Sena (Shinde) faction is likely to get 44 to 54 seats. NCP may get 41 to 51 seats and Congress may get 39 to 49 seats. Shiv Sena (Uddhav) faction can get 8 to 18 seats, according to the findings of the survey. Raj Thackeray’s MNS may get 2 to 5 seats.

When it comes to the vote share, the Shinde-Fadnavis ruling alliance may get 46% votes and the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena (Uddhav) is likely to get 35% votes in the Maharashtra assembly polls.

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are crucial to achieve the SDGs. In India, we are not limited to women’s empowerment. Ours is a womenled development. Women are setting the agenda for development and are also the agents of growth and change. I urge you to adopt a game-changing Action Plan for Women-led Development.

NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER

Varanasi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday said India has put forward an ambitious seven-year action plan for accelerating progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which presents a coordinated, integrated and inclusive roadmap for G20 actions. In his keynote address at the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting here, the Minister said the SDG agenda is a landmark not only in its universality, in that it applies to all countries but also in its integrity, in that it can only be successful as a comprehensive agenda.

Varanasi: The prospects of a global economic recovery remain dim amid supply chain disruptions, prolonged debt crisis and pressures on energy, food and fertiliser security, EAM Jaishankar said on Monday. He said that India has put forward an ambitious 7-year action plan for accelerating progress on the SDGs that presented an integrated and inclusive roadmap for G20 actions.

Hyderabad: The crucial G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting would be held here from June 15 to 17, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. He said three meetings of agriculture working group were held earlier in Indore, Chandigarh and Varanasi. The final meeting is in Hyderabad. Besides India, 29 countries will participate in the 3-day event.

tionship for decades to come, according to multiple people familiar with the planning of the visit.

While the final decisions on the deliverable would be taken by the two leaders on June 22, the joint statement that is being drafted right now is believed to take up issues that would propel the India-US partnership, with key focus areas being technology, space, and defence, they said.

Both PM Modi and President Joe Biden believe that the India-US relationship is important not only for the two countries but also for the rest of the world. Modi is one of the few world leaders with whom Biden has been either meeting or talking so frequently.

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New Delhi

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed the members of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) at a programme organized by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracy (PRIDE) in the Central Hall of Parliament House on Monday. The Minister for Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda, and Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Renuka Singh Saruta, were also present on the occasion. The event was held at the historic Central Hall of the Parliament House.

SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR CALLS ON OM BIRLA

Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar called on Speaker Om Birla in New Delhi on Monday. Later, Birla tweeted: “The philosophy of spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a strong inspiration to dedicate everything for the welfare of humanity, service to the society and country. His thoughts take us closer to the glorious Indian culture and age-old traditions.”