- The meeting was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Personnel & PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh who said that India will reaffirm unified action to ensure zero tolerance against corruption and deepen commitments towards countering graft globally.
- The meeting was attended by over 90 delegates from 20 members countries, 10 invitee countries and 9 international organizations such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- The meeting focused on topics such as asset recovery fugitive economic offender formal and informal channels of cooperation for information sharing,beneficial ownership transparency, and capacity building.
- The meeting also discussed ways to strengthen law enforcement cooperation for action against corruption and related economic crimes
- The meeting concluded with a call for enhancing mutual legal assistance, extradition requests, asset recovery requests, exchange of financial intelligence and other information among G-20 members.
- The meeting also agreed on a draft work plan for 2023-24 which will be submitted to the G-20 leaders' summit in Jakarta later this year.
Question:
Q.1 Which country was the co-chair of the G-20 meeting of Anti Corruption Working Group in Gurugram?a. Italy
b. France
c. Germany
d. Japan
