G20 India: 4-Day Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting to be Held Gurugram

Gurugram: Union Minister of State for Prime Minister Office (PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh said that the G20 nations will deliberate on ways to trace and extradite fugitive economic offenders faster besides recovery of stolen assets during the anti-corruption working group meeting today, March 1.

The first Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) meeting of the G20 is scheduled to begin today and continue till 3rd March 2023. In a statement, Mr Singh said India will also reaffirm unified action to ensure zero tolerance against corruption and deepen commitments towards countering graft globally during the meeting being held in Gurugram.

The Minister said that India’s G20 presidency is marked by unprecedented economic, geopolitical, and climate challenges. He also said that the G20 ACWG will explore proactive sharing of information, improving existing mutual legal assistance framework and simplifying mechanisms for sharing of information between domestic law enforcement authorities in criminal matters.

Dwelling on the subject of the working group, Mr Singh also emphasized that corruption is a scourge that impacts the effective utilization of resources, and overall governance and affects the poorest and marginalized most acutely.