{"id":34888,"date":"2022-11-16T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T01:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=34888"},"modified":"2025-04-20T18:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:42:57","slug":"pm-modi-seeks-peace-unrestricted-energy-supplies-at-g20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pm-modi-seeks-peace-unrestricted-energy-supplies-at-g20\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Seeks Peace, Unrestricted Energy Supplies at G20"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>News Summary: Key highlights of the speech<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why In News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PM Modi addressed the session on \u201c<u>food and energy security<\/u>\u201d at the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li>He also addressed and interacted with over 800 members of Indian diaspora.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Key Highlights of the speech<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Challenges faced by poor citizens of every country<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The challenges for the poor citizens of every country are more severe due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the developments in Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li>He called the crisis of essential goods and lack of financial capacity of the poor a \u201cdouble whammy\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global supply chains are in ruins<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PM Modi termed the current phase of climate change, the Covid pandemic, the developments in Ukraine, and the global problems associated with it as a \u201cchallenging global environment\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>He said that all these together have caused havoc in the world and global supply chains are in ruins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Called for building mutual agreement to keep the supply chain stable<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The current shortage of fertilizers in terms of food security is also a huge crisis.<\/li>\n<li>Today\u2019s fertilizer shortage is tomorrow\u2019s food crisis, for which the world will not have a solution.<\/li>\n<li>He asked the world leaders to build a mutual agreement to maintain the supply chain of both manure and food grains stable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regarding the reforms in the United Nations<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PM Modi said that multilateral institutions such as the UN have been unsuccessful in tackling these issues. We have all failed to make suitable reforms in them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regarding the Ukraine conflict<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Modi called for a way to return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li>He urged the world leaders to build a new world order to ensure peace and harmony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highlighted the food security measures adopted by India<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PM Modi said that India ensured the food security of its 1.3 billion citizens during the time of the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>At the same time, food grains were also supplied to many countries in need.<\/li>\n<li>For sustainable food security, India is promoting natural farming and re-popularizing nutritious and traditional food grains like millets.<\/li>\n<li>Millets can also solve global malnutrition and hunger<\/li>\n<li>He urged the world leaders to celebrate the International Year of Millets with great enthusiasm next year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>On the energy security front<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PM Modi said that India\u2019s energy security is also important for global growth, as it is the world\u2019s fastest-growing economy.<\/li>\n<li>He said that the world\u00a0<u>must not promote any restrictions on the supply of energy<\/u>\u00a0and stability in the energy market should be ensured.\n<ul>\n<li>This statement is significant as India continues to discounted Russian oil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highlighted India\u2019s commitment to clean energy<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>By 2030, half of our electricity will be generated from renewable sources.<\/li>\n<li>Time-bound and affordable finance and sustainable supply of technology to developing countries is essential for inclusive energy transition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PM\u2019s address to the Indian Diaspora<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highlighted cultural and civilizational linkages<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PM Modi highlighted the close cultural and civilizational linkages between India and Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li>He referred to the\u00a0<u>age-old tradition of &#8220;Bali Jatra\u201d<\/u>\u00a0to highlight the enduring cultural and trade connect between the two countries.<\/li>\n<li>He also referred to the celebration of Sankranti in Indonesia, and the statues of Lord Ganesh, often seen at public places in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India does not dream small anymore<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The PM asserted that India thinks big and aims higher, adding that India now builds the biggest statues, the biggest stadiums.<\/li>\n<li>Since 2014, India has opened more than 320 million bank accounts; more than the population of USA.<\/li>\n<li>Today, India is the fastest growing large economy in the world.<\/li>\n<li>He also listed out the areas in which India is world&#8217;s &#8220;number one&#8221; &#8211; smartphone data consumption, IT outsourcing and manufacture of certain drugs and vaccines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India \u2013 ray of hope for the world<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He said that India is moving ahead at an unprecedented speed and scale and the country is a ray of hope for the world in the 21st century.<\/li>\n<li>He highlighted India\u2019s growth story, its achievements and tremendous strides that India is making in various fields such as &#8211; digital technology, finance, health, telecom and space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}