Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur today jointly inaugurated the Youth 20 Summit -2023 at Rudraksha International Cooperation and Convention Centre at Varanasi. Today is the second day of the four day Y20 Summit which is being held at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
The Youth 20 (Y20) Summit has been organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports under the framework of India’s G20 Presidency. The Y20 Summit is the culmination of various meetings including Inception Meeting at Guwahati, Pre Summit at Leh, Ladakh, and various Jan Bhagidari events conducted across the country in the run-up to this main Summit. Around 125 delegates from G20 countries, Guest countries and International Organizations are participating in the four day Summit.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur said that the Y20 Summit brings together young people from diverse nations each facing unique economic, social and environmental problems and challenges and they are not limited to a single country. He said , it provides a platform to work together to find solutions to tackle the challenges. He said, by 2030, the youth will dominate the global demography with considerable portions hailing from South Asis and with them lies the collective responsibility to influence global narratives and collective efforts in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals.like no poverty and zero hunger.
