The inaugural ceremony of the B20 inception meeting will be held in which of the following cities?

The correct answer is Gandhinagar.

In News

• The inaugural ceremony of the B20 inception meeting will be held on January 23 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Key Points

• The meet will be attended by Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw, state Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, India's Sherpa to G20 Amitabh Kant and Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran and a host of national and international business leaders.
• The Centre has appointed N Chandrasekaran as the chair of B20 India to lead the business agenda during India's G20 Presidency.
• The B20 inception meeting will deliberate on various global issues ranging from climate change, innovation, global digital cooperation and resilient global value chains.
• It will take place under the theme of 'RAISE' which stands for Responsible, Accelerated, Innovative, Sustainable and Equitable Businesses.
• Nearly 600 delegates including the 200 international delegates are taking part in the B20 India meet.

Additional Information

• The Business 20 (B20) is the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community.
  • Established in 2010, B20 is among the most prominent Engagement Groups in G20, with companies and business organizations as participants.
  • The B20 leads the process of galvanizing global business leaders for their views on issues of global economic and trade governance and speaks in a single voice for the entire G20 business community.
  • Each year, the G20 Presidency appoints a B20 Chair (an eminent business leader from the G20 host country), who is supported by a B20 Sherpa and the B20 secretariat.