Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20. He takes over from commerce minister Piyush Goyal, who served as India’s G20 Sherpa.
- India is scheduled to hold the presidency of the G20 from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, culminating with the G20 Summit in India next year.
Role of Sherpa
- A Sherpa is a personal representative of the leader of a member country at an international Summit meeting such as the G8, G20 or the Nuclear Security Summit.
- The term is derived from the Nepalese Sherpa people, who serve as guides for mountaineers in the Himalayas.
- Sherpas play a crucial role in the group as the G20 process involves the Sherpa track and the Finance track.
- There is only one Sherpa per Summit for each member country; he/she is assisted by several sous Sherpas.
- Sherpas meet much before the start of the Summit to iron out differences on various issues.
- Under the Sherpa track, several meetings are organised in crucial areas such as employment, health, digital economy, trade, industry, investment, environment, climate change, energy, anticorruption, agriculture, education, women empowerment and socio-economic development.
- Meetings under the finance track involve areas such as international financial architecture, financial inclusion, financing for infrastructure, climate finance and tax matters.
About G20
- The G20 is one of the key international groups as its members represent more than 80% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP), 75% of the global international trade and 60% of the world population.
- Its members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. Spain is invited as a permanent guest.
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