{"id":193436,"date":"2022-07-01T20:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=193436"},"modified":"2022-07-01T20:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:07:56","slug":"home-and-abroad-on-pm-modis-g-7-commitements-and-freedom-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/home-and-abroad-on-pm-modis-g-7-commitements-and-freedom-of-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and abroad: On PM Modi\u2019s G-7 commitements and freedom of speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News<\/strong>: PM of India attended the G7 annual summit meeting in Germany along with other special invitees from Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal, and South Africa.<\/p>\n

Most of the deliberations took aim at the twin challenges seen from Russia and China.<\/p>\n

What economic initiatives were discussed?<\/h5>\n

G7 countries discussed the following economic initiatives:<\/p>\n

– the launch of a $600 billion U.S.-led Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII)<\/p>\n

– commitments on fighting climate change<\/p>\n

– funding renewable energy changes<\/p>\n

– mitigating inflation<\/p>\n

– managing the continued global crisis over the COVID-19 pandemic<\/p>\n

What other issues were discussed at the meeting?<\/h5>\n

Challenges to the international order<\/strong> that emanate from Moscow\u2019s war in Ukraine<\/strong> (including tightening sanctions, the impact on energy markets, and cybersecurity threats),<\/p>\n

Beijing\u2019s \u201cexpansive maritime claims\u201d,<\/strong> rights violations, and unsustainable debt creation in lower income countries.<\/p>\n

The G-7 countries issued separate statements on support for Ukraine, food security and a \u2018Climate Club<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n

In addition, the G-7 and special invitee \u201cpartner countries\u201d issued a statement on \u201cResilient Democracies<\/strong>\u201d, committing to free and fair elections, protecting freedom of expression, and gender empowerment.<\/p>\n

What was India’s stand at the summit?<\/h5>\n

The Prime Minister of India made it clear that it is the developing world that needs the most support<\/strong>, including to weather the \u201cknock-on\u201d effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

The Government sought to distance itself from the PGII,<\/strong> pitched as a G-7 counter to China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative.<\/p>\n

India also made it evident that it had only signed on to the statements on \u201cResilient Democracies\u201d and a \u201cJust Energy Transition\u201d, and not the many statements castigating Russia and China.<\/p>\n

India also stayed away from President Putin and President Xi\u2019s stringent criticism of the West.<\/p>\n

Way forward<\/h5>\n

On the global stage, the G-7 outcomes mean New Delhi will have to continue to walk a tightrope between these two blocs that are growing more polarised and inimical towards each other.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201cHome and abroad: On PM Modi\u2019s G-7 commitments and freedom of speech<\/strong>\u201d published in The Hindu<\/strong> on 1st Jul 22<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: PM of India attended the G7 annual summit meeting in Germany along with other special invitees from Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal, and South Africa. Most of the deliberations took aim at the twin challenges seen from Russia and China. What economic initiatives were discussed? G7 countries discussed the following economic initiatives: – the launch of… Continue reading Home and abroad: On PM Modi\u2019s G-7 commitements and freedom of speech<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-193436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704792841},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}