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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said India's strong recovery in the aftermath of the pandemic is a "bright spot for the global growth outlook"...
But at the same time she also underscored the dilemmas faced by emerging market developing economies between climate security and growth, as they manage "overlapping crises and socio-economic transformation"...
Addressing a G7 seminar on economic policies for welfare in Niigata in Japan, the minister stressed the need for balancing sustainable growth with environment in the short and long run..
She also shared India's focus on digital public infrastructure and green hydrogen "as a foundation for sustainable and inclusive growth and as an example of innovative policy toolkits" by emerging market developing economies, the finance ministry tweeted...
In the second session of the FMCBG Dialogue focussed on sustainable growth, the minister underlined the need to bolster multilateral development banks to "address trans-boundary challenges"...
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