Collective progress of all countries to ensure sustainable, inclusive recovery : FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said for a strong, sustainable and inclusive recovery of the global economy hit by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to ensure collective progress of all countries. She stressed on the critical role of multilateralism and collective action in achieving the goal of global recovery. She also underlined the importance of inclusion, investment, innovation and institutions to support the path of global recovery.
Sitharaman emphasised on the importance of ensuring affordable and equitable access to vaccines and therapeutics to bridge the divergences being witnessed in the global economic recovery. In this context, she said so far India has administered over 1.25 billion doses of vaccines and supplied more than 72 million vaccine doses to over 90 countries, including by way of grant thereby reflecting India's commitment to co-ordinated global action.
She stressed on the importance of enhanced infrastructure investments for enabling a quick and stable return to the growth path. She also emphasised that green investments will play a key role in the rebuilding efforts of governments and called upon the G20 to deliberate on how climate finance and green technologies can be made available to developing countries so as to incentivize and accelerate their efforts towards green growth.
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