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First Senior Officials Meeting of SAI20 Engagement Group concludes in Guwahati

Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu stressed on the need for collaboration for developing and strengthening accountability frameworks in the Blue Economy and Responsible Artificial Intelligence. <br />'' <br />''In his valedictory address as chair for the first Supreme Audit Institutions 20 (SAI20) Senior Official Meeting today in Guwahati, Mr. Murmu appreciated the wealth of knowledge gained during the deliberations on the priority areas of Blue Economy and Responsible Artificial Intelligence.<br />'' <br />''The CAG informed that the delegates from the SAI20 member broadly agreed to the Zero draft of the Communique and provided their valuable thoughts and suggestions to bring out an inclusive, decisive, and action-oriented Communique for the SAI20 summit scheduled to be held in Goa in June this year.<br />'' <br />''Mr. Murmu highlighted that though each nation has their own unique challenges in achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, a good widely replicable knowledge system drawing upon collective wisdom was achievable. The experiences and inputs of the delegates provided a concrete pathway towards tangible outcomes in the form of auditing guidelines and toolkits for effective audits, as well as the SAI20 Communique.<br />'' <br />''Ms. Parveen Mehta, Dy. Comptroller and Auditor General thanked all the International and National delegates for constructive and rewarding discussions as also for active involvement in all the programs in the SAI20 Senior Official Meeting thereby making the event successful and setting the stage for the SAI20 summit in June.<br />'' <br />''The meeting saw participation of 38 National and International delegates from G20 member SAIs, observer SAIs and WB, as invited organisation.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Under the Indian Presidency of the G20 from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) as the chair for SAI20-the engagement group of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) of the G20, organised the Senior Official Meeting of the SAI20 Engagement Group (EG) in Guwahati. The First Senior Officials Meeting of the SAI20 Engagement Group concluded on Tuesday in Guwahati.</span>

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