IMF hails India’s digital transformation, asks other countries to learn from it
1 year, 9 months ago

IMF hails India’s digital transformation, asks other countries to learn from it

Live Mint  

India's development of a "world-class digital public infrastructure" serves as a model for other nations undergoing digital transformation, according to a working paper by the International Monetary Fund. The paper, titled 'Stacking up the Benefits Lessons from India's Digital Journey,' credits India's building block approach and focus on supporting innovation for the success of its digital public infrastructure. The paper emphasizes that India's digital building block approach fosters innovation, allowing each building block to address multiple problems. Luis E Breuer, IMF Senior Resident Representative to India, praised India's digital public infrastructure in a tweet, stating that it is transforming people's lives.

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Nations must control data to tell their stories their own way
3 weeks ago

Nations must control data to tell their stories their own way

Hindustan Times  

It all begins with a simple question: who gets to decide how a country’s stories, culture, and information are handled online? Digital sovereignty means a nation has the infrastructure and power to keep its own data home, manage its own digital affairs, and ensure what its citizens sees online is not controlled by distant companies and foreign governments. When countries …

The digital frontier of inequality
3 weeks, 5 days ago

The digital frontier of inequality

The Hindu  

India stands at a pivotal moment in its digital revolution, underpinned by an internationally recognised model of digital public infrastructure. In response, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, recently launched ‘Ab Koi Bahana Nahi ’, a national campaign aligned with the global ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. Already constrained by societal norms, many …

Digital public infrastructure could help the world fight climate change
1 month ago

Digital public infrastructure could help the world fight climate change

Live Mint  

When you spend so much of your time working on India’s digital public infrastructure, it is easy to overlook all the other countries that are building population-scale infrastructure. Of particular interest to me was Brazil’s rural environmental registry, a national digital infrastructure initiative that has been designed to promote sustainable land use and encourage environmental preservation. With more and more …

India’s digital public infrastructure: A catalyst for innovation and competition
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India’s digital public infrastructure: A catalyst for innovation and competition

Live Mint  

Some scholars and practitioners have argued that digital public infrastructure could lead to monopolization and stifle private innovation by creating large government-controlled platforms that overshadow private players. In India, DPI initiatives like UPI and Aadhaar are examples of the state taking a lead in technological development, enabling private-sector growth and innovation. This is precisely what DPI is designed to do—broaden …

Digital Infrastructure: The Secret Weapon for India's Economic Ascent
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Digital Infrastructure: The Secret Weapon for India's Economic Ascent

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasizes the crucial role of digital infrastructure in propelling India's economic growth. She highlights the widespread adoption of digital infrastructure by the Indian people, which has facilitated access to essential services and empowered millions to benefit from various opportunities. The Minister emphasizes the transformative impact of the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which has democratized access to …

Transforming India's Economy: The Power of Digital Public Infrastructure
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Transforming India's Economy: The Power of Digital Public Infrastructure

Live Mint  

The article highlights the importance of digitalization in transforming India's economy. It emphasizes the role of open platforms and collaboration between the public and private sectors in building a robust digital infrastructure. The government's initiatives, such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), demonstrate the government's commitment to fostering a digital economy.

​Shock-proof state: On an outage and a democratic digital infrastructure
5 months, 2 weeks ago

​Shock-proof state: On an outage and a democratic digital infrastructure

The Hindu  

A bright light fell on the extent of the world’s dependence on information technologies when on July 19, supermarkets, banks, hospitals, airports, and many other services in between suffered a simultaneous blackout after a common software solution they used glitched. This requires a ‘Digital India’ push that is cognisant of software solutions’ relationship with digital privacy and data sovereignty, layered …

Pandemic to Prosperity: Finance Ministry's Report Says India's Digital Infra Empowers Citizens, Fuels Growth
11 months, 1 week ago

Pandemic to Prosperity: Finance Ministry's Report Says India's Digital Infra Empowers Citizens, Fuels Growth

News 18  

The Ministry of Finance’s recently released report, ‘The Indian Economy – A Review’, has lauded India’s digital transformation, highlighting the success of the Digital Public Infrastructure and its significant role in delivering services with a citizen-centric focus. The report noted that as the pandemic disrupted economic activities, the government responded swiftly, leveraging the strength of digital public infrastructure, commonly known …

Review: The Third Way by Rahul Matthan
1 year ago

Review: The Third Way by Rahul Matthan

Hindustan Times  

The history of modern of technology begins in the West. But there is another way, argues technology lawyer Rahul Matthan in his new book titled The Third Way – India’s Revolutionary Approach to Data Governance. Matthan’s third way refers to the development and adoption of the so-called the India Stack – a combination of platforms and protocols that make up …

Public digital infrastructure must bridge every digital divide
1 year, 1 month ago

Public digital infrastructure must bridge every digital divide

Live Mint  

Among the concerns often raised in connection with the proliferation of digital public infrastructure is the worry that nations that are reliant on digital systems for the delivery of public services will end up excluding those incapable of accessing these digital solutions from the benefits these systems were built to offer. What this means is that, even today, large segments …

A Norwegian perspective of India’s digital journey
1 year, 1 month ago

A Norwegian perspective of India’s digital journey

The Hindu  

‘Leaving no one behind’. As the Norwegian Minister of International Development, I am impressed by the development benefits of the use of digital public goods. During India’s G-20 presidency this year, the world saw that digital public goods are part of the international development architecture of the future. Digital South-South cooperation Work on digital public goods provides a great example …

Classifying intermediaries in the upcoming DIA
1 year, 2 months ago

Classifying intermediaries in the upcoming DIA

Hindustan Times  

The enactment of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act of 2023 reflects a concerted effort to establish an Open, Safe, Trusted, and Accountable internet ecosystem. With the data protection regime nearly finalised all eyes are on the Digital India Bill to achieve the objectives of Open, Safe, Trusted and Accountable online space. As the Government works towards this transition from …

How the Digital India Act will shape the future of the country’s cyber landscape
1 year, 3 months ago

How the Digital India Act will shape the future of the country’s cyber landscape

The Hindu  

October 09, 2023 08:30 am | Updated 08:30 am IST Nations worldwide are grappling with the need to update their legal frameworks to adapt to the evolving digital landscape. The recent announcement of the Digital India Act 2023 represents a significant step towards establishing a future-ready legal framework for the country’s burgeoning digital ecosystem. The primary motivation behind the DIA …

India signs MOUs on digital transformation with Sierra Leone, Armenia, Antigua
1 year, 3 months ago

India signs MOUs on digital transformation with Sierra Leone, Armenia, Antigua

Firstpost  

Both G2G and B2B bilateral Cooperation in the field of Digital Public Infrastructure are expected to be enhanced. The activities contemplated in these MoUs would be financed through their administration’s regular operating allocations India on Wednesday signed Memorandum of Understanding with Sierra Leone, Antigua & Barbuda and Armenia regarding the sharing of successful digital solutions implemented at population scale for …

G20: World Bank Lauds India's Transformative Impact Of Digital Public Infra
1 year, 4 months ago

G20: World Bank Lauds India's Transformative Impact Of Digital Public Infra

ABP News  

The World Bank has praised India's transformative impact of Digital Public Infrastructures in the past decade under the Narendra Modi-led government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday tweeted about the World Bank’s G20 document where the global agency lauded India’s leap in financial inclusion. This monumental leap shortened the journey towards financial inclusion by up to 47 years, a feat …

G20: ‘India has done in 6 years what would take 50’: World Bank lauds India’s digital public infrastructure
1 year, 4 months ago

G20: ‘India has done in 6 years what would take 50’: World Bank lauds India’s digital public infrastructure

Firstpost  

India has developed some of the finest digital public goods infrastructure which could change lives the world over. Lauding India’s Digital Public Infrastructure, the World Bank has said that what the country has achieved in just six years would have otherwise taken about five decades. Highlighted the key measures taken by the Modi government in shaping the Digital Public Infrastructure …

World Bank lauds India's digital infra impact: 'Five-decade journey in 6 years'
1 year, 4 months ago

World Bank lauds India's digital infra impact: 'Five-decade journey in 6 years'

Hindustan Times  

The World Bank has lauded the transformative impact of Digital Public Infrastructures in India in the past decade under the Narendra Modi-led government. The document, prepared by the World Bank as part of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion, highlighted the measures taken by the Modi government and the pivotal role of government policy and regulation in shaping the …

‘Digital India Experience Zone’: G20 Summit Spotlight on UPI, Aadhaar, Bhashini & New Feature ‘Ask GITA’
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Digital India Experience Zone’: G20 Summit Spotlight on UPI, Aadhaar, Bhashini & New Feature ‘Ask GITA’

News 18  

The ‘Digital India Experience Zone’ at the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit in New Delhi, will be a standout attraction showcasing India’s ‘digital’ journey since 2014. “The seven DPI components will be showcased in the ‘Experience Zone’ along India’s digital journey wall, in front of which there will be a cycle. The visitors can converse with the platform to seek information …

From Orientalism to Digital Leadership - News18
1 year, 4 months ago

From Orientalism to Digital Leadership - News18

News 18  

For centuries, Western perception of countries like India has been coloured by orientalist narratives, an idea embedded deep within the philosophical works of thinkers like Edward Said in Orientalism. The world watched in amazement as Germany’s Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Volker Wissing, used India’s Unified Payments Interface to pay a vegetable vendor, illustrating India’s prowess in digital public …

Modi hails Digital India's solutions
1 year, 4 months ago

Modi hails Digital India's solutions

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India's diversity makes it an ideal testing ground for solutions and added that solutions that succeed in India can easily be replicated worldwide. Speaking at the G20 Digital Economy Ministers' Meet, held in Bengaluru via video message, Modi also highlighted that India's digital public infrastructure offers scalable, secure, and inclusive …

Defining the Digital public infrastructure approach
1 year, 5 months ago

Defining the Digital public infrastructure approach

Hindustan Times  

This policy brief aims to lay out a common definition of digital public infrastructure, as understood through India's experience, but one that must be applied and adopted across jurisdictions. India’s DPI approach is also increasingly finding mention in multiple multilateral and bilateral conversations including the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which recently adopted India’s approach to DPI. India-EU’s Trade and Technology Cooperation …

How Much is India’s ‘Digital Economy’ Worth? In a First, Modi Govt to Measure in Next 9 Months
1 year, 6 months ago

How Much is India’s ‘Digital Economy’ Worth? In a First, Modi Govt to Measure in Next 9 Months

News 18  

The Narendra Modi-led central government, for the first time, will measure the size of India’s ‘digital economy’. The government has put prime focus on ‘digitalisation’ but the measurement of the ‘digital economy’ has not been institutionalised in India. According to senior officials, an exercise will be conducted over the next nine months involving “estimation and measurement of India’s digital economy”, …

India likely to offer digital infra to several countries
1 year, 6 months ago

India likely to offer digital infra to several countries

Live Mint  

India is in talks with a number of developing countries to extend its digital public infrastructure partnerships, according to persons aware of the matter. According to the persons cited above, India is now in talks with several countries in the global South, including in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia, to extend these DPI partnerships. Digital public infrastructure has become …

India’s digital health infrastructure global growth catalyst : VK Paul
1 year, 7 months ago

India’s digital health infrastructure global growth catalyst : VK Paul

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s digital health infrastructure, enhanced by advancements such as telemedicine and mobile apps, is set to be a key driver of global economic growth and human development, V K Paul, member, NITI Aayog, said at the third meeting of the Health Working Group of G20 in Hyderabad. “India, representing the Global South, is committed to bridging the digital …

IMF report hails India's digital infrastructure as a model for other nations to follow
1 year, 9 months ago

IMF report hails India's digital infrastructure as a model for other nations to follow

India TV News  

The International Monetary Fund, in its working paper, has said that India's creation of a world-class digital public infrastructure serves as an example for other countries going through digital transformation. The report "Stacking Up the Advantages: Lessons from India's Digital Journey " stated that the success of India's digital public infrastructure is attributed to the country's building block strategy and …

IMF commends India's digital journey, says its a lesson for other countries
1 year, 9 months ago

IMF commends India's digital journey, says its a lesson for other countries

Hindustan Times  

India's journey in developing a "world-class digital public infrastructure" highlights the lesson for other countries that are embarking on their own digital transformation, International Monetary Fund has said in a working paper. The working paper 'Stacking up the Benefits Lessons from India's Digital Journey" said that India's stack's development is guided by a foundational building blocks approach, and a focus …

Accelerating development with India’s digital highways
1 year, 9 months ago

Accelerating development with India’s digital highways

Hindustan Times  

With growing consensus around its role as a driver of innovation and inclusion at population scale, Digital Public Infrastructure has found its way into key priorities at the highest levels of policy making in India. While the first phase of creating the core, foundational digital public infrastructure in India - DPI 1.0 - has been a big success, the current …

MeitY mystery: Consultation process for Digital India Bill still opaque
1 year, 9 months ago

MeitY mystery: Consultation process for Digital India Bill still opaque

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 23, 2023 10:45 IST - 7 MINS READ The Union government’s ambitious vision of Digital India and its goals of “Catalysing New India’s Techade” are well known. The Bill will also touch upon the idea of “discretionary moderation of fake news” by social media platforms as well as “content monetisation rules for platform-generated and user-generated content”. “The …

Use Good Elements of Technology to Transform Society: Minister Vaishnaw on AI, and Expanding Indian IT
1 year, 9 months ago

Use Good Elements of Technology to Transform Society: Minister Vaishnaw on AI, and Expanding Indian IT

News 18  

“Today, India is being recognised as the highest AI talent concentration country”, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at News18 Chaupal on Monday, adding that the country is also at the chairmanship of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence – an initiative to advance human-centric and AI development. He stressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital India, which was launched …

The world can learn from India’s digital public infra experience
1 year, 10 months ago

The world can learn from India’s digital public infra experience

Hindustan Times  

Last week, the Digital Economy Working Group of G20 met for the first time under India’s presidency. We draw from a recent study of three state-level digital ecosystems for the delivery of social protection and observe the following learnings for India to take to a global stage: First, well-defined data privacy and security laws are critical to the success of …

The Public Digital Platforms Opportunity for India at G20
2 years ago

The Public Digital Platforms Opportunity for India at G20

News 18  

The 21st century has seen a boom in building transformative technological and digital solutions to cater to different social and economic challenges. The concept of technology becoming a fulcrum for development has showcased the numerous ways in which different platforms and digital infrastructure can be built to ensure public service delivery as well as streamline governance. Leveraging the Network Effects …

G20 offers India chance to be the architect of a new digital economy
2 years, 2 months ago

G20 offers India chance to be the architect of a new digital economy

Live Mint  

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." And as the rules of a new digital world are written, India’s G20 presidency for 2023 will offer us a platform to showcase our success story of ‘best known practices’ that others can learn from. India is well poised today to lead the creation of a global …

A new digital lifestyle is taking shape in India: Education Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

A new digital lifestyle is taking shape in India: Education Minister

Live Mint  

New Delhi: There is a new ‘digital lifestyle’ taking shape in India, said Union Minister for Education and Skill Development, Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday. Addressing the inaugural session of the International Conclave on ‘Digital Transformation and Internationalization of Higher Education’ organized by the Deakin University, Australia, the minister said that India’s digitization is creating new opportunities with the indigenous 5G …

Digital India: The Indian way | OPINION
2 years, 4 months ago

Digital India: The Indian way | OPINION

India Today  

The digital policies that are being picked up in India do not really reflect the digital issues that are important from an India perspective. While India is hurtling in an accelerated manner towards an ever-increasing digitalisation of our economy and of our society, we also need to ensure that it is happening the Indian way, supporting the issues that are …

India’s role in digital democracy: UPI in France
2 years, 6 months ago

India’s role in digital democracy: UPI in France

New Indian Express  

The European nation would be the first major developed economy to embrace the UPI-Rupay system. This is a new kind of bridge that is being built between countries – a kind of deeper digital cooperation which is much more fundamental than efforts at digital diplomacy using communication tools like Twitter. This deal in France, therefore, in my mind, underlines India’s …

UPI, CoWIN, ONDC: Public Digital Infrastructure Has Put India on the Fast Lane of Tech-led Growth
2 years, 7 months ago

UPI, CoWIN, ONDC: Public Digital Infrastructure Has Put India on the Fast Lane of Tech-led Growth

News 18  

“Government 2.0, then, is the use of technology – especially the collaborative technologies at the heart of Web 2.0 – to better solve collective problems at a city, state, national, and international level”, Tim O’Reilly, Chief Executive Officer of O’Reilly Media said in a paper published in 2010. This paper is considered the origination of the term “Government as a …

India’s e-belt-and-road initiative for digital diplomacy
2 years, 8 months ago

India’s e-belt-and-road initiative for digital diplomacy

Live Mint  

As of 2021, India had issued more than 1.3 billion digital identity cards via its Aadhaar platform and over 1.1 billion digital vaccine certificates through its CoWin platform. Aadhaar’s open architecture that allows for scalability and vendor neutrality has already had several countries approaching India to either replicate the model or take note of its technology to develop their own …

Digital ecosystems: Who should finance what?
2 years, 10 months ago

Digital ecosystems: Who should finance what?

Hindustan Times  

Last month, the ministry of electronics and information technology released its report on India Enterprise Architecture 2.0 — which envisions the development of a digital ecosystem that enables an integrated delivery of services in the country. This is an improvement on the first version with more clarity as to the vision, principles and implementation aspects of such an ecosystem, but …

Can India help build a confederation of digital democracies?
3 years, 1 month ago

Can India help build a confederation of digital democracies?

Firstpost  

The US has spoken of a ‘club of democracies’. Inaugurating The Sydney Dialogue, the summit for emerging, critical and cyber technologies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “The digital age is reshaping international competition, power and leadership. But we should not allow vested interests to misuse this openness.” Echoes of this emerged from Hillary Clinton, the former US presidential nominee and …

The digital future of our country is distinctly being re-imagined
3 years, 4 months ago

The digital future of our country is distinctly being re-imagined

Live Mint  

If you ask a group of people what ‘Digital India’ means to them, it is really interesting to see the variety of responses you get. For some, it is about Indian tech startups—Zomato, Ola, Urban Company, etc, that are redefining how we consume goods or services; for some it’s the legendary tech services companies—TCS, Infosys and the like that have …

Digital India completes 6 years: 2020s will be India's techade, says Modi; key highlights of PM's speech
3 years, 6 months ago

Digital India completes 6 years: 2020s will be India's techade, says Modi; key highlights of PM's speech

Firstpost  

Speaking at a virtual event to mark the completion of six years of Digital India, Modi said India is also conscious of its responsibilities as a data powerhouse and noted that work is underway on all aspects of data protection Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said that India’s proven tech prowess presents massive opportunity for the country, and exuded confidence …

Digital India: How the six-year-old mission has taken a largely offline nation online
3 years, 6 months ago

Digital India: How the six-year-old mission has taken a largely offline nation online

Firstpost  

Digital India is a Rs 1,13,000-crore flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy Digital India, a flagship initiative that was launched with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy, has completed six years of its journey since its launch on …

PM Modi invites world to invest in India based on country’s 5 pillars: Talent, market, capital, ecosystem, openness
3 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi invites world to invest in India based on country’s 5 pillars: Talent, market, capital, ecosystem, openness

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited the world to invest in India and listed what he called as the “five pillars” -- talent, market, capital, ecosystem and a culture of openness -- to do so. “I invite the world to invest in India based on the five pillars of: Talent, Market, Capital, Eco-system and, Culture of openness,” Modi said …

Covid-19 Pandemic Laid Threadbare Issue of Digital Divide: Ravi Shankar Prasad
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 Pandemic Laid Threadbare Issue of Digital Divide: Ravi Shankar Prasad

News 18  

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the issue of the digital divide and recast the world’s view of digital access as a critical component to an equitable society, according to Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, who underlined that technology is meant to be a great equaliser and not a source of division. In 2020, the year …

Putting the consumer at the centre of Digital India
3 years, 11 months ago

Putting the consumer at the centre of Digital India

Hindustan Times  

The telecom revolution in India is an unparalleled success story. India today has over 500 million active internet users, who consume the highest volume of data in the world and pay the lowest rates in the world. The Supreme Court, in 2019, acknowledged that internet access is integral to the right to freedom of speech and expression while adding that …

Opinion | Reimagining India’s digital transformation in vital sectors
4 years, 1 month ago

Opinion | Reimagining India’s digital transformation in vital sectors

Live Mint  

India has been on a digital-first trajectory for a few years, spurred on by its goal of becoming a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2025. Digital transformation across key sectors like manufacturing, education, healthcare, as well as government services and labor markets has the potential for each sector to create $10-$150 billion incremental economic value by 2025. Their efforts are well …

Digital nation: The Hindu Editorial on need for seamless delivery of citizen services
4 years, 1 month ago

Digital nation: The Hindu Editorial on need for seamless delivery of citizen services

The Hindu  

Affordable smartphones and Internet access have made India a digital nation with an estimated 750 million connections and a thriving financial technology sector. Digital platforms providing goods and services, including online education and telemedicine, have grown vigorously during the COVID-19 pandemic, while many professionals have maintained productivity by working from home. The true measure of digital nations is the readiness …

Digital India now a way of life, says Modi
4 years, 1 month ago

Digital India now a way of life, says Modi

The Hindu  

Digital India mission, launched five years ago, was not being seen as any regular government initiative and had now become a way of life, especially for the poor and marginalised and those in the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Addressing the summit, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said India and Australia have unlimited possibilities of working together …

Designing a new digital governance framework
4 years, 2 months ago

Designing a new digital governance framework

Hindustan Times  

India’s digital markets have witnessed three paradigm shifts this year. Businesses that offer multiple use-cases, products and services account for a large share of the economic value generated in global digital markets. India can compete effectively in the global digital economy if three criteria are met: Product businesses must become platforms, single utility platforms must transition to multi-utility ones, and …

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