February 23: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel left for India to take part in the First G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on Thursday. 

Finance Poudel is accompanied by Shree Krishna Nepal, chief of International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance. The meeting will be held on February 24 and 25 in Bangalore officially known as Bengaluru, Karnataka. 

Though Nepal is not the G-20 member, Poudel is attending the meeting as an invitee when India is taking its presidency. The Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister is scheduled to hold meetings with his counterparts from various nations including India on the sidelines of the gathering. 

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the USA are the members in the Group of Twenty (G20). The Minister is scheduled to return home on February 25, according to the Ministry.