Former CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant to be the new Sherpa of G20

Former CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant to be the new Sherpa of G20

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant will be the new Sherpa of G20. He will replace Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. Piyush Goyal is currently the Sherpa of the G20. In September 2021, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush

Goyal was appointed Sherpa of India for the G20.

India, by getting to preside over the G20, would require a full-time Sherpa. A full time Sherpa will have to attend meetings in different parts of the country. Let us tell you that the G-20 meeting will be held in Jammu and Kashmir, India in the year 2023.

G20

The G20 group is an informal grouping of representatives of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and 19 countries. The G20 group does not have a permanent secretariat or headquarters. It represents 75% of global trade, 85% of global investment, 85% of global GDP and two-thirds of the world's population.