G-20 ACWG meeting concludes in Rishikesh; agrees to strengthen stolen property restoration mechanism

Express News Service

DEHRADUN:  The three-day meeting of the Anti-corruption Working Group (ACWG) beneath the G20 India Presidency concluded on Saturday on the Tehri, Uttarakhand. 

There have been intensive and productive deliberations on quite a lot of key focal areas pertaining to asset restoration, fugitive monetary offenders, formal and informal channels of cooperation for information sharing, institutional frameworks for combating corruption and mutual licensed assist amongst others, the assertion issued by the Personnel Ministry talked about.

The meeting which began in Narendranagar (Tehri Garhwal) inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt on May 25 was attended by over 90 delegates from 20 member nations, 10 invited nations and 9 worldwide organisations.

The meeting had huge participation along with UNODC, OECD, Egmont Group, Interpol and IMF. It was chaired by Rahul Singh, Additional Secretary, DoPT and President of G-20 ACWG and co-chaired by Giovanni Tartaglia, Co-Chair of The G-20 ACWG, Italy and Fabrizio Marcelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy.

On the inaugural day of the ACWG, a singular facet event on ‘Gender and Corruption’ was held. Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi delivered the keynote deal with. During the event, nationwide and worldwide consultants and practitioners deliberated on the gender sides of corruption, the strategies by which ladies empowerment is intrinsically linked to anti-corruption initiatives and the need for gender delicate governance and protection making.

The delegates acquired a flavour of the nation’s rich custom, heritage and delicacies all through their maintain in Rishikesh, it talked about, together with that India seems forward to web internet hosting the delegates as soon as extra in Kolkata all through August Sep 11 for the third ACWG meeting.

India may even host the first-ever in-person anti-corruption ministerial meeting to produce further impetus to the G20 agenda of bolstering the worldwide wrestle in opposition to corruption, the assertion talked about.

The first ACWG meeting was held from March 1-3 in Gurugram.

(With inputs from PTI)

DEHRADUN:  The three-day meeting of the Anti-corruption Working Group (ACWG) beneath the G20 India Presidency concluded on Saturday on the Tehri, Uttarakhand. 

There have been intensive and productive deliberations on quite a lot of key focal areas pertaining to asset restoration, fugitive monetary offenders, formal and informal channels of cooperation for information sharing, institutional frameworks for combating corruption and mutual licensed assist amongst others, the assertion issued by the Personnel Ministry talked about.

The meeting which began in Narendranagar (Tehri Garhwal) inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt on May 25 was attended by over 90 delegates from 20 member nations, 10 invited nations and 9 worldwide organisations.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The meeting had huge participation along with UNODC, OECD, Egmont Group, Interpol and IMF. It was chaired by Rahul Singh, Additional Secretary, DoPT and President of G-20 ACWG and co-chaired by Giovanni Tartaglia, Co-Chair of The G-20 ACWG, Italy and Fabrizio Marcelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy.

On the inaugural day of the ACWG, a singular facet event on ‘Gender and Corruption’ was held. Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi delivered the keynote deal with. During the event, nationwide and worldwide consultants and practitioners deliberated on the gender sides of corruption, the strategies by which ladies empowerment is intrinsically linked to anti-corruption initiatives and the need for gender delicate governance and protection making.

The delegates acquired a flavour of the nation’s rich custom, heritage and delicacies all through their maintain in Rishikesh, it talked about, together with that India seems forward to web internet hosting the delegates as soon as extra in Kolkata all through August Sep 11 for the third ACWG meeting.

India may even host the first-ever in-person anti-corruption ministerial meeting to produce further impetus to the G20 agenda of bolstering the worldwide wrestle in opposition to corruption, the assertion talked about.

The first ACWG meeting was held from March 1-3 in Gurugram.

(With inputs from PTI)