Question: Consider the following statements with respect to the India Global week 2020:
(1) It is a three-day virtual conference, being organised in the USA.
(2) It will also feature a 100th birth anniversary concert in tribute to the sitar maestro Ravi Shankar.
(3) It’s theme is “Be The Revival: India and a Better New World”.
Which is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1,2 and 3
Answer:(b)
Context:
- Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the India Global week 2020, an international event on India’s globalisation. It’s theme is “Be The Revival: India and a Better New World”.
About:
- The three-day virtual conference, being organised in the UK, is being held from 9 to 11 July.
- India Global Week- 2020 will have 5,000 global participants from 30 nations. In all, 250 global speakers will address the virtual conference in 75 sessions.
- It will also feature a special 100th birth anniversary concert in tribute to the sitar maestro Ravi Shankar by three of his most eminent students.
India Global Week
- It is an annual flagship event organised by India Inc., a London based media house to re-energise and ignite optimism at global level.
- It brings about an action-oriented focus by giving a forum to global deliberations from geopolitics to business, arts & culture to emerging technologies, banking and finance, pharma, defence and security, social impact and the diaspora dividend.
- India Inc. also produces incisive contents and events on investment, trade and policy matters related to India’s increasingly globalised economic and strategic agenda.
- Its flagship publication: India Global Business.
- Diaspora news network: iGlobal.
Significance for India:
- Global Revival: As India is playing a leading role in the global revival, it has brought India’s ancient culture (AYUSH), universal, peaceful ethos and the beauty of classical music to the world.
- Global Audience: The event as a forum has helped to bring the opportunities in India to a global audience and made the links between India and UK stronger.
- Trade and Investment: It would focus on India’s trade and foreign investment processes as it has done many reforms e.g. private investment in the space sector.Reforms in agriculture would provide an opportunity to invest in storage and logistics.
- Invest India Programme: It will help in improving the Invest India programme. India has recently been reviewing 50 investment proposals from China under its new screening policy which is being done under the new rules.
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