India's G20 Presidency: A Tale Beyond Economic Alignment

The world witnessed the emergence of “The group of twenty” popularly known as ‘G20’ as an international forum, due to post Asian financial crisis. The vision of G20 moves beyond strengthening global economic structure and also addresses the global concerns that act as a blockade in fostering development process in both global north and global south. India being the fastest growing economy, host the forum in 2022. With the recent addition of African union in the G20 group under India’s leadership, reflects the power or influence of India being the voice of global south. India also being a founding member of G20 has capitalized its soft power through this group to enhance its global presence and influence. So we can say that India’s role extends beyond mere economic alignment and it also tries to have optimistic influence on global policies of both developed and developing nations which encloses wide range of global issues including climate issue, sustainable development, international trade and business. In this background, the paper pointed out India’s primary goal as the president of G20. It also delves out the opportunities and challenges faced by India during its tenure.