During his address at the G20 summit held for the first time in South Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a deep rethinking of the parameters of global development. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the G20 has shaped global finance and development for a long time, but the model currently in use has deprived a large population of resources.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday (November 21, 2025), where he is participating in the three-day G-20 summit to be held from November 21 to 23, 2025. During the G-20 summit, PM Modi addressed the session organized on the topic of ‘Inclusive and sustainable economic growth by taking everyone along’.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the G-20 summit

PM Modi said, ‘In the last several decades, G-20 has given direction to global finance and global economic development, but due to the parameters of development on which work has been done so far, a large population has been deprived of resources. At the same time, over-exploitation of nature has also been encouraged. Africa is a big victim of this. Today, when Africa is hosting the G-20 Summit for the first time, here we should reconsider the parameters of development.

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He said, ‘One way for this lies in the values ​​of Indian civilization and that way is Integral Humanism. That means we have to see human, society and nature as an integrated whole. Only then will harmony between progress and nature be possible.

Many communities preserved their traditional lifestyle – PM Modi

PM Modi said, ‘There are many communities in the world who have preserved their traditional and eco-balanced lifestyle. These traditions not only reflect sustainability, but also reflect cultural knowledge, social unity and deep respect for nature.

He said, ‘India’s proposal is to create a global traditional knowledge repository under the G-20. India’s Indian Knowledge Systems Initiative can become its basis. This global platform will help in transmitting the collective knowledge of humanity to the future generations.

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