The 1st Sherpa Meeting of India’s G20 Presidency begins 

The 1st Sherpa Meeting of India’s G20 Presidency begins 

• The 1st Sherpa Meeting of India’s G20 Presidency commenced yesterday, 04 December 2022, in Udaipur Rajasthan. 
• A series of briefings and interactions with the media and a side event on Transforming Lives at the Midpoint of the 2030 Agenda: Accelerating Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in an Era of Cascading and Multiple Crises were organised. 
• The day also witnessed the arrival of Sherpas and delegations of various G20 nations and heads of invited International Organisations at Udaipur. 
• In the welcome note to all delegates, India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant stressed India’s belief that every crisis is an opportunity and leadership is about finding path-breaking solutions during crisis.

Sanjay Kumar was named as secretary of the Department of School Education

• IAS Sanjay Kumar took charge as Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education in Shashtri Bhawan in New Delhi. 
• Sanjay Kumar, a 1990-batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, was a former Secretary, of the Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. He replaced Anita Karwal IAS upon her superannuation.
• Sanjay Kumar held a meeting with the senior officials of the Ministry in which he reviewed the functioning of the department, autonomous bodies and various schemes relating to school education. 
• Discussions were held on the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020, capacity building of teachers, infrastructure in schools, and the upcoming Prime Minister’s interaction programme ‘Pariksha Pe Pariksha’.