Due to absence of mega centre India will not host G20 meet, 2019 polls

New Delhi: The absence of a world-class convention centre and the 2019 general elections have prompted the government to give a go-by to hosting the G20 meeting+ , something that it was very keen on.

In fact, due to the elections, the Narendra Modi administration wanted to host the event ,and in 2018 itself but Argentina was not willing to swap.

But with ITPO's revamped Pragati Maidan facility as well as the Global Convention Centre planned by the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) in Dwarka nowhere in sight, the government decided to wait for a few more years. As a result, Japan will be the host country in 2019 and India will have to wait a few more years till Asia gets its turn. It will have to compete with Indonesia to be the host, according to sources.