Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20.
Piyush Goyal has replaced Suresh Prabhu as India’s Sherpa.
The next G20 Summit (2021) will be held in October under the Italian presidency.
India will hold the G20 presidency from December 1, 2022, and convene the G20 Leaders’ Summit in 2023 for the first time.
India will be a part of the G20 Troika (preceding, current, and incoming G20 presidencies) from December 2021, till November 2024.
In 2022, Indonesia and in 2024 Brazil will head the G20.