Bill Gates visited Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 3 in what he called the "highlight" of his trip to India...
Digital Desk: On March 3, Bill Gates met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which he described as the highlight of his trip to India.
Lately, the Microsoft billionaire has met with several high-profile Indians, including cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Wipro chairman Rishad Premji, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, YouTuber Prajakta Koli, and union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Smriti Irani, and Ashwini Vaishnaw, among others.
However, Bill Gates stated that his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was the highlight of his week-long trip.
In a blog post, Gates stated that "My conversation with the Prime Minister left me more optimistic than ever about the progress that India is making in health, development, and climate.”
"India has an outstanding ability to create lots of safe, effective, and economical vaccinations, some of them backed by the Gates Foundation. Vaccines manufactured in India saved millions of lives during the epidemic and avoided other diseases around the world," said Bill Gates, emphasising that he and Prime Minister Modi had maintained in touch since the pandemic began and have previously discussed Covid vaccinations.
The Microsoft co-founder commended India's open-source platform Co-WIN, which allowed millions of Indians to plan vaccine appointments and get digital certificates after vaccination.
They also talked about education, healthcare, and climate change. "My talk with the Prime Minister left me more enthusiastic than ever about India's progress in health, development, and environment," Gates said in his blog post.
"I agree with Prime Minister Modi that Co-WIN is a model for the globe," he added.
"We also talked about India's G20 presidency this year. "It's a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate how Indian ideas may benefit the world and to assist other countries in adopting them," Gates wrote.
Bill Gates also discussed how, during the epidemic, the government was able to transfer emergency digital payments to 300 million people, including 200 million women, because of its investment in developing a digital ID system (Aadhaar) and new digital banking platforms. He cited the Gati Shakti programme as another excellent illustration of how digital technology can improve government operations.
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