G-20 Framework Working Group meet on tomorrow

Varanasi March 27: The focus of the G-20 Framework Working Group's (FWG) two-day meeting, beginning Tuesday, will be to frame country-specific growth policies.

Varanasi will host the G-20 leaders and representatives of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this week to discuss the current global economic situation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha.

"The 3rd G-20 FWG meeting under the G-20 German Presidency is being co-hosted by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Varanasi on 28th and 29th (March)," a finance ministry statement said.The first two meetings under the G-20 German Presidency have already been held at Berlin in December and at Riyadh in February this year.

The G-20 FWG will discuss the current global economic situation as well as deliberate on the policy options that countries can pursue to counter important development challenges. "One important focus of this meeting will be to deliberate on the inclusive growth agenda of G-20 and to formulate a framework that will enable countries to help frame country-specific inclusive growth policies," it read.