India needs to be flexible as G-20 chief in face of global challenges: CEA

Nageswaran flags climate finance as a key agenda of bloc in face of 'unknown unknowns'

The global economy is dealing with unprecedented 'unknown unknowns', and India, as the next president of the Group of 20 (G-20) nations, should be able to improvise and be flexible to deal with challenges, said Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday.

“We know the circumstances under which India will assume the presidentship of G-20. One of the necessary requirements to ensure that we do a good job of the presidency is to be able to improvise and be flexible as circumstances emerge in the global economic and political landscape,” Nageswaran said at an event organised by Indian Council