{"id":218757,"date":"2022-12-16T20:21:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=218757"},"modified":"2022-12-16T20:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:51:06","slug":"the-indian-innovation-that-can-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-indian-innovation-that-can-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indian Innovation That Can Change the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201c<strong>The Indian Innovation That Can Change The World\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>The Times of India<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>16<sup>th<\/sup> December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong><strong>Digital revolution in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The first two decades of the 21st century saw the tech giant Google, Amazon, Meta coming up with innovation and value creation in the market. However, India has taken a unique path for its development.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What path has been taken by India for development?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India has adopted Digital Public Infrastructure <strong>(DPI)<\/strong> in its governance. This has enabled India to lead the world and reduce the digital divide.<\/p>\n<p>These public digital platforms are open source, have open APIs (application programming interfaces), open standards for interoperability and leverage public data for innovation.<\/p>\n<p>These low cost and inclusive platforms are based on principles of <strong>consent-based data sharing<\/strong> and reduce the digital divide. They also create a <strong>level playing field<\/strong> through regulatory framework.<\/p>\n<p>The platforms included in DPI are \u2013 <strong>JAM trinity<\/strong> which links Aadhaar, mobiles and bank accounts, <strong>DigiLocker<\/strong> for digital storage and documents, <strong>Bharat Bill Pay<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>These platforms are based on <strong>principles of openness, equity, inclusivity, fairness, transparency and trust. <\/strong>India has also been able to solve the challenge of <strong>digital inclusion<\/strong> with these platforms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example,<\/strong> Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana <strong>(PMJDY)<\/strong>\u00a0has seen an increase in the number of accounts operated by women from 15% to 56%, and 67% of the account holders are from rural and semi-urban areas. The average deposit per account has gone up by 71%.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study by the <strong>Bank for International Settlements (BIS)<\/strong> highlighted that India has made a remarkable progress in digital public infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that this digital infrastructure will act as an economic divide amongst the nations of the world in the coming future.<\/p>\n<p>Further, it has also led to development of top-class payment products on top of UPI like PhonePe, GPay, etc.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the future innovation being taken by India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India is now democratising e-commerce through interoperability, i.e., the launch of <strong>Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>ONDC will provide access and equity to small and medium-sized merchants, increasing choice and quality for customers, and ensure competitiveness and efficiency across the value chain.<\/p>\n<p>It will revolutionize the transaction of people, empower MSMEs and provide with greater negotiation options. It will also help in <strong>democratising<\/strong> the digital platform to Indian retailers who have stayed away from it.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What can be the course of action?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India is taking over the <strong>G20 presidency<\/strong> and it is a great platform for India to create a complete package of these digital platforms and deliver them as <strong>an end-to-end e-governance service<\/strong> to digitally transform the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cThe Indian Innovation That Can Change The World\u201d published in The Times of India\u00a0on\u00a016th December 2022. 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