"Celebrating India's leadership at the UN's First International Conference on Digital Public Infrastructure! We are harnessing DPI to propel global SDGs and foster inclusivity," Kamboj posted on X.
"Within six years, India has achieved an 80 per cent financial inclusion rate, a feat that would have taken decades without such digital infrastructure," said Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj.
According to a press release, this initiative marks a significant leap in the realm of policy and good governance, aiming to establish a robust Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
India has developed some of the finest digital public goods infrastructure, which could change lives the world over. India has taken the path of building public digital infrastructure for serving citizens and UPI, and Jan Dhan, Aadhar, CoWin and ONDC are some of the examples.
India has emerged as a leader in fintech innovation and digital public infrastructure. PM Modi has placed a strong emphasis on sharing our development experiences and innovation with partner countries.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar drew an analogy while describing the country's growth in digital public infrastructure and said that the number of cashless transactions the United States does in three years, India does in a month.
India and Cuba signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of sharing successful digital solutions implemented at the population scale for digital transformation.
CII posted on X, "India is a vibrant democracy that can deliver digitally. It has delivered through technology to a billion+ population. All those who are keen to invest in India, the demand for data science professionals in India in 2024 alone is for one million professionals. ~ @smritii
At the 8th Global Technology Summit (GTS) in the national capital, Jaishankar pointed out that India is rapidly catching up in technology adoption, citing the massive volume of UPI transactions as evidence of how readily people embrace technology when it becomes available.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday highlighted the need to use technology in an utmost responsible manner and announced USD 25 million for developing digital public infrastructure (DPI).