The Davos Agenda 2022 brings together world leaders to address the state of the world

Why in news?

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda via video conferencing.

About the address

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Davos Agenda where he said that India has given the entire world a “bouquet of hope”. “The bouquet contains – trust towards democracy, technology to empower 21st century and talent & temperament of us Indians,” he said.
• The WEF’s annual meeting, which has been taking place in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos for 50 years now, could not take place in 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic and has been deferred till early summer this year.
• However, the virtual summit ‘Davos Agenda’ summit would be held for the second consecutive year on the dates originally scheduled for the physical annual meeting.