G20 Summit: PM Modi Joins Other World Leaders For ‘Family Photo’

New Delhi, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a family photo alongside Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, and or global leers at 19th G20 Leers' Summit in Rio de Janeiro. 

photo, taken after launch of Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, encapsulated summit's overarching me: "Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet."
India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal describes photo as a "photo for posterity.”

countries of Global South are most versely impacted by food, fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by global conflicts and G20 must give primacy to ir concerns and priorities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

In an dress on first day of G20 summit, PM Modi complimented Brazilian presidency of grouping for taking forward "people-centric decisions" taken at bloc's summit in New Delhi last year.

Indian G20 presidency's call for "One Earth, One Family, One Future” continued to resonate at Rio conversations, he said.

US President Joe Biden , PM Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are among leers attending two-day summit at Rio de Janeiro's Modern Art Museum.

"I would like to say that countries of Global South are most versely impacted by food, fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by global conflicts," he said.

"So our discussions can only be successful when we keep in mind challenges and priorities of Global South," he ded.

prime minister me remarks at G20 session on 'Social Inclusion and Fight Against Hunger and Poverty'.

opening day's highlight was launch of a global alliance to combat poverty and hunger that has been supported by at least 80 nations.

In a post on 'X', PM Modi called initiative "commendable" saying it marks a significant stride towards ensuring food security and uplifting vulnerable communities worldwide. "India assures full support to this effort." In his remarks at session, prime minister said India believes in approaches of 'Back to Basics' and 'March to Future' and that is why it is emphasising organic farming, popularising millets and encouraging climate-resilient crop varieties.

PM Modi also called for reform of institutions of global governance.

"And just as we amplified voice of Global South by granting permanent membership of G20 to African Union during New Delhi summit, we will reform institutions of global governance," he said.

PM Modi said people-centric decisions taken at G20 Summit in New Delhi have been taken forward during Brazil's Presidency," he said.

"It is a matter of great satisfaction that we prioritised SDG (sustainable development goals). We focused on Inclusive development, women-led development, and youth power," he said.

"And gave wings to hopes and aspirations of Global South. It is clear that One Earth One Family One Future is as relevant at this summit as it was last year," he ded.

me of India's G20 presidency was drawn from ancient Sanskrit text of Maha Upanish.

Speaking about India's initiatives to deal with hunger and poverty, PM Modi said India h pulled 250 million people out of poverty in last 10 years and was distributing free food grains to 800 million people in country.

prime minister also highlighted steps taken by India to strengn food security in Africa and elsewhere.

"Over 800 million people are being given food grains free of cost. 550 million people are benefiting from world's biggest health insurance scheme," he said.

"Now, 60 million senior citizens, over age of 70, will also be able to benefit from free health insurance," he said.

"Maintaining our focus on Women-led development and social inclusion, over 300 million women micro-entrepreneurs have been linked to banks and given access to credit," PM Modi ded.

prime minister also spoke about India's crop insurance scheme.

"Under world's largest crop insurance scheme, over 40 million farmers have received benefits worth 20 billion US dollars," he said.

"Under farmers' scheme, assistance worth over 40 billion dollars has been given to 110 million farmers. Institutional credit worth 300 billion US dollars is being given to farmers," he said.

PM Modi said India is not only ensuring food security but also focusing on nutrition. He said New Delhi is also contributing to global food security by sending food items to various countries.

" main reason for our success is our approach: 'back to basics' and 'march to future'," he said.

"We have focused not only on natural farming and organic farming but also on new technologies. We have focused on sustainable agriculture, protection of environment, nutrition and food security by promoting Sri Ann or millets," he said.

prime minister said India has developed over 2000 climate-resilient crop varieties and has started 'Digital Agriculture Mission'.

"India’s digital public Infrastructure enabled social and financial inclusion. With aspirational districts and blocks project we created a new model for inclusive development that strengns weakest link," he said.

PM Modi began his visit to Brazil after concluding a two-day trip to Nigeria.