India proposed to launch a G-20 Satellite Mission for Environment and Climate Observation.
It aims to help the countries of the Global South.
The climate and weather data obtained from this will be shared with all the countries, especially the countries of the Global South.
India had launched a satellite in 2017 for the benefit of the SAARC countries.
It is popularly called SAARC Satellite.
It is a part of India’s ‘neighbourhood first policy’.
It aimed at provide crucial information on tele-medicine, tele-education, banking and television broadcasting opportunities to its South Asian neighbours.