The core mandate of the G20 is to promote economic growth and development, and that cannot advance if the crucial concerns of the Global South are not addressed, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. "For a variety of reasons that range from scale, subsidy, technology, human resources & strategic choices, the Global South was reduced to being a consumer rather than a producer," Jaishankar said in his address at the B20 Summit organised by CII ahead of the September 9-10 G20 Summit.
