PM Modi proposes three new G20 initiatives at Africa summit

Against this backdrop, the Prime Minister unveiled three major initiatives aimed at redefining global cooperation and strengthening Africa's role in the world economy.

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The first proposal was the creation of a Global Traditional Knowledge Repository under the G20 framework. PM Modi noted that communities across the world, especially indigenous and rural societies, have long preserved models of living that were environmentally balanced, culturally rooted and socially harmonious.

He said these time-tested practices hold valuable lessons for sustainable development and should not be allowed to disappear. India’s own Indian Knowledge Systems initiative, he suggested, could serve as the foundational base for this global platform, which would document, preserve and disseminate traditional wisdom for future generations and mainstream it into modern policy thinking.