India will provide action-oriented solutions as part of G20 presidency: Kant

As India assumed the presidency of G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Tuesday promised that India will provide actionoriented solutions as part of the multilateral forumHe was speaking at a side event on Data for Development Role of G20 in Advancing the 2030 AgendaThe Observer Research Foundation ORF in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs Indias G20 Secretariat the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Office of the UN SecretaryGenerals Envoy on Technology hosted an official G20 Development Working Group side event on Data for Development Role of G20 in Advancing the 2030 Agenda todayThe event which took place at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai featured keynote addresses and interventions by United Nations SecretaryGenerals Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development Queen Maxima of the Netherlands NonExecutive Chairman of Infosys and former Chairman Unique Identification Authority of India UIDAI Nandan Nilekani Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Indias G20 Sherpa Amitabh KantIt also saw the attendance of special delegates from Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates UAEIt is pertinent to mention ORF is a leading multidisciplinary think tank with centres in New Delhi Mumbai and Kolkata and an overseas affiliate in Washington DCAt the event Amitabh Kant said We are meeting at the time of global tumult with economic recession the aftermath of the Covid19 pandemic crisis of global debt crisis of global financeIndia is a bright spot in this gloomy scenario and we will provide actionoriented solutions as part of the G20 presidency he addedAbhishek Singh President and CEO of the National eGovernance Division NeGD Ministry of Electronics amp Information Technology MeitY noting the success of the Gatishakti project said Gatishakti is using more than 1600 layers of data for logistics management which has positively impacted manufacturing G20 has provided us the platform to share our best practices and adopt and replicate models from other countriesYoichi Iida Deputy Director General for G7 and G20 relations Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Japan said G20 can allow the exchange of information for using data and set standards for data exchangeIn Photos Mumbai all set to host G20 Development Working Group meetingWe can also learn from each other India is a real leader in this and we have a lot to learn from it Perhaps India can establish a framework for shaping standards of data governance he addedShamika Ravi VicePresident of Economic Policy ORF addressing the need for proper regulations said When institutions become data hungry we also have to create the necessary infrastructure to harness that data properlyAs we include the excluded we must ensure the digital divide can be overcome noted Anir ChowdhuryThe G20 as a grouping of developed and developing countries can help establish a global cooperation framework on data sharing learning and amplification Chowdhury further saidSeveral speakers at the event drew attention to the unique advantage that the G20 enjoys as a group that brings together both developed and developing nations This offers enormous potential for the crosssharing of knowledge experiences innovation and technologyIndia has harnessed the power of data to transform the governance of its aspirational districts and other areas such as healthcare nutrition and food security womens participation education digital payments and digital financial inclusionExamples were also shared of some of the extraordinary success stories and ongoing initiatives around Data for Development in other countries such as Bangladesh Togo Estonia the UAE Japan and the NetherlandsAt the event the Indian experience with Tech Stack from Aadhaar to UPI financial inclusion and vaccination all included consistent and robust stakeholder consultations were discussedIt was highlighted that it is crucial to have stakeholder consultations and for the government to engage with the private sector and the youthThey said that the G20 should develop a common understanding of sensitive and nonsensitive data The Indian Presidency could play an important role in making progress on the classification of dataIt was also mentioned at the event that people process and finance are necessary to properly harness datathe key to digital public infrastructure However these take time and democracies face a special challenge on this as the election season tends to get prioritised This is where the philanthropy sector can play a role in building digital public infrastructure DPIAmb Amandeep Gill UnderSecretaryGeneral Envoy on Technology said that there is one last aspect to this notion of Data Commons and that is democratising the data and AI opportunityThere are nearly 3 billion people who are left out of the digital opportunity and then within that digital divide there is a yawning gap thats opening up on artificial intelligence and big data So these data commons can help us democratize digital opportunity And as the SDGs slogan goesleave no one behind Gill addedUnited Nations and Amb Nagaraj Naidu Joint Secretary G20 said data is the lifeblood of decisionmaking as well as the raw material for accountabilityNew sources of data new technologies and new analytical approaches if applied responsibly can enable more agile efficient and evidencebased decision making and can better measure progress on the sustainable development goals in a way that is more inclusive just and fair Indias G20 presidency precisely aims at this very outcome Naidu added ANIThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever