PM Modi praises India’s digital public infrastructure as a successful solution for the country.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised India’s digital public infrastructure, stating that a solution that succeeds in India can be easily applied anywhere in the world. Speaking at the G20 Digital Economy Ministers Meet in Bengaluru, PM Modi highlighted the country’s “scaleable, secure & inclusive” digital public infrastructure that offers solutions for global challenges.

PM Modi emphasized the digital transformation that India has undergone over the past 9 years, starting with the launch of the Digital India initiative in 2015. He mentioned the government’s initiatives such as Bhashini, an AI-powered language translation platform, and India Stacks, an online global public digital goods depository. These initiatives aim to ensure digital inclusion and prevent anyone from being left behind.

India currently has over 850 million internet users, benefiting from some of the cheapest data costs in the world. PM Modi highlighted the use of technology in transforming governance to make it more efficient, inclusive, faster, and transparent. He mentioned that over 45% of global real-time payments happen in India, with over 10 billion transactions taking place on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) each month.

PM Modi also emphasized the power of the JAM trinity ★Jan Dhan bank accounts, Aadhaar, and Mobile ★in revolutionizing financial inclusion in India. He described India as an incredibly diverse country, home to every religion in the world and countless cultural practices. With such diversity, PM Modi stated that India is an ideal testing lab for solutions.

In summary:
★PM Narendra Modi praised India’s digital public infrastructure at the G20 Digital Economy Ministers Meet.
★He highlighted initiatives like Bhashini and India Stacks that aim to ensure digital inclusion.
★India has over 850 million internet users and is a global leader in real-time payments.
★The JAM trinity has revolutionized financial inclusion in India.
★PM Modi described India as an ideal testing lab for solutions due to its diversity.