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News:<\/span><\/b> In recent times, India has discovered that its<\/span> homegrown digital solutions<\/span><\/b> have furthered its development agenda. Moreover, it’s also argued that these digital solutions can also support India in widening its diplomatic efforts.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n India\u2019s <\/span>digitization journey<\/span><\/b> is taking a fast pace. It began in 2010 with Aadhaar to empower Indian citizens.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As of 2021, India had issued more than 1.3 billion <\/span>digital identity cards<\/span><\/b> via its Aadhaar platform and over 1.1 billion digital vaccine certificates through its CoWin platform.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n India\u2019s <\/span>Unified Payments Interface (UPI)<\/span><\/b> recorded 5 billion transactions in a month for the first time in March 2022. It crossed the $1-trillion mark in transaction value.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Several countries want to either replicate the Aadhar model or take note of Aadhar technology to develop their own digital ID systems. For example, Sri Lanka aims to implement a digital ID programme modelled on Aadhaar.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)<\/span><\/b> is assisting many countries to set up <\/span>real-time e-payment systems.<\/span><\/b> For example, Bhutan & Nepal has adopted UPI standards and UPI platform respectively. In April, BHIM UPI went live across the UAE.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Reserve Bank of India and Singapore Authority announced a project to link their respective fast payment systems.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n India\u2019s <\/span>Digital Infrastructure for Vaccination Open Credentialing (DIVOC)<\/span><\/b>, an open-source vaccine management platform has been leveraged by Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines, to streamline their covid vaccination programmes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Indigenous <\/span>digital systems<\/span><\/b> interoperable <\/span><\/b>between jurisdictions can reduce <\/span>compliance<\/span><\/b> and <\/span>transaction costs<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Digital diplomacy can increase <\/span>India\u2019s soft power. <\/span><\/b>For example, <\/span>Estonia\u2019s X-Road open software ecosystem<\/span><\/b> which enabled cross-border data exchange with Finland has increased Estonia\u2019s <\/span>soft power<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First,<\/strong> <\/em>India\u2019s IT sector<\/span><\/b> has consistently remained a <\/span>key driver<\/span><\/b> of economic growth. In fact, India\u2019s digital infrastructure is growing.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Second,<\/strong> <\/em>India\u2019s <\/span>strong political will<\/span><\/b> and <\/span>deliberative policymaking <\/span><\/b>has steered the digital ecosystem. For instance, the MEITY\u2019s Policy on Adoption of Open-Source Software, Policy on Open APIs, Policy for Open Standards, etc, has helped create digital public goods and infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Third,<\/strong> <\/em>the government has adopted a <\/span>participative approach<\/span><\/b> in the initial decision-making for building such digital infrastructure as the digital world goes beyond <\/span>traditional bureaucratic expertise<\/span><\/b>. For example, an <\/span>Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) Coun<\/span><\/b>cil which comprises experts from the bureaucracy and other expertise areas.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n India\u2019s <\/span>digital public goods<\/span><\/b>-led diplomacy could play an instrumental role in an emerging <\/span>new world order<\/span><\/b>. The digital infrastructure in critical areas of the global economy will increase <\/span>India\u2019s resilience<\/span><\/b> and extend its <\/span>strategic advantage<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The geopolitical tensions mandate building resilience, for which a new form of cooperation is required. In this context, India can lay out its own digital <\/span>\u2018belt and road\u2019 network<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A parliamentary panel of India has already proposed to build an alternative to the<\/span> SWIFT network.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source<\/span><\/b>: The post is based on an article \u201cIndia\u2019s e-belt and road initiative for digital diplomacy<\/strong>\u201d published in the Live Mint<\/strong> on 29<\/strong><\/span>th<\/strong> April 2022<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" News: In recent times, India has discovered that its homegrown digital solutions have furthered its development agenda. Moreover, it’s also argued that these digital solutions can also support India in widening its diplomatic efforts.\u00a0 India’s digitization journey India\u2019s digitization journey is taking a fast pace. It began in 2010 with Aadhaar to empower Indian citizens.\u00a0\u00a0… Continue reading India’s e-belt and road initiative for digital diplomacy\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10501],"class_list":["post-181955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}India’s digitization journey<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n
How can India leverage its digital solutions in the form of digital diplomacy?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
What are the key factors that have enabled India to emerge as a leader in this field?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Way Forward<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n