Key Points
One of the focus areas that India has identified is digital public infrastructure, which is about being open source, interoperable with a public interest layer and providing private sector innovation..
There should be a small fund and hardware infrastructure for this infrastructure can come from developmental financial institutions, Amitabh Kant, the country's sherpa, said in an interview.India will put out an ambitious agenda and is hopeful of a positive outcome during its presidency...
India is pushing for a global framework on governance in digital public infrastructure and setting up of a fund to support creation of such infrastructure during its G20 presidency, said the country's sherpa Amitabh Kant..
In an interview to ET's Deepshikha Sikarwar in Kumarakom, Kerala, which hosted the just concluded second sherpa meeting, he said India will put out an ambitious agenda and is hopeful of a positive outcome during its presidency..
Actually, in the just concluded meeting all of the developed world and all the emerging countries said India should put up an ambitious action plan..
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