The G20 Summit was hosted by India for the first time this year...
Digital Desk: Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and the G20 group for reaching a "groundbreaking" consensus on the importance of digital public infrastructure as a key component of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Bill Gates wrote on X, "The #G20 reached a groundbreaking consensus on the role of digital public infrastructure as a critical accelerator of the Sustainable Development Goals. "
He added, "I'm optimistic about the potential of DPI to support a safer, healthier, and more just world. Kudos to PM @narendramodi.”
The term "digital participation infrastructure" (DPI) refers to components or platforms including digital identification, financial infrastructure, and data exchange solutions that help governments provide vital services to their inhabitants, empower citizens, and enhance lives through digital inclusion.
DPIs are technologically enabled, open, interoperable, and inclusive platforms that offer vital, societal-wide, public, and private services and are crucial in advancing this inclusive digital revolution.
It should be mentioned that the New Delhi Declaration, which the G20 leaders adopted, focuses on supporting robust, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth and attempts to speed up progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday.
By pledging to follow the G20 2023 Action Plan to Accelerate Progress on the SDGs, including its High-Level Principles, effectively and promptly, the G20 leaders committed to speed up SDG progress.
The declaration read, “We will ensure that no one is left behind. We commend the efforts of the Indian Presidency to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. To this end, we recognise the role of digital transformation, AI, data advances, and the need to address digital divides.”
Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration had gained support and that it had been adopted.
At the recently inaugurated Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in the nation's capital, India held the two-day G20 Leaders Summit.
The G20 Summit was hosted by India for the first time this year.
The G20 was established in 1999 to preserve global financial stability by including middle-income nations. India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022.
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