India Pledges To Deepen G-20 Commitments To Counter Corruption Globally

India will reaffirm unified action to ensure zero tolerance against corruption and deepen G20 commitments towards countering corruption globally, said Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh on Monday.

In a statement issued ahead of the first anti-corruption working group meeting (ACWG) of G-20, he said that India’s G-20 Presidency is marked by unprecedented economic, geopolitical and climate challenges. 

He, however, added that amidst a global gloomy economic outlook, India has emerged as a bright spot as described by IMF and other world agencies and therefore, India will play its rightful role to bridge the north-south divide on pressing issues. 

"India will reaffirm unified action to ensure zero tolerance against corruption and deepen G-20 commitments towards countering corruption globally," he said.

Singh stated that since its inception in 2010, the G-20 ACWG has been at the forefront of guiding the anti-corruption initiatives of G20 countries. 

The minister pointed out that as the mother of democracy, India’s G-20 Presidency gives her a golden opportunity to become the voice of the global south in unison with the other 19 powers by fast-tracking global anti-corruption efforts by addressing issues like money laundering, asset recovery and beneficial ownership. 

He added, "Under India’s chairpersonship, G-20 nations will deliberate on areas of future action like bringing in processes, where fugitive economic offenders can be traced and extradited faster and their properties situated abroad brought within the reach of the law of the land from which such offenders escape."