G20: MeitY to host Digital Economy Working Group meeting in Lucknow

As a part of India’s G20 presidency, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will organise the primary Digital Economy Working Group assembly right here from February 13-15, officers mentioned on Sunday. Workshops, discussions, and experiences, together with aspect occasions on themes that complement the general DEWG agenda, shall be held as a part of the three-day occasion, it mentioned.

There shall be 4 workshops focussing on digital public infrastructure — sharing implementation experiences of digital identification in numerous nations, sharing of cyber safety options for MSMEs, digital public infrastructure to spice up attainment of sustainable improvement targets and use of geo-spatial applied sciences for infrastructure and product improvement in digital financial system.

Alongside these workshops, the digital initiatives of Uttar Pradesh can even be showcased.

In addition, an exhibition with Digital India expertise centre has been set as much as showcase how Digital India has remodeled the lives of a billion plus inhabitants in India utilizing cutting-edge applied sciences.

Visitors can interact with greater than 40 digital transformational initiatives within the expertise centre.

The DEWG conferences in India will proceed to work in the direction of the imaginative and prescient of digital transformation and the worldwide digital financial system as a method of fostering innovation and delivering public companies in a safe cyber atmosphere by way of a digitally expert workforce.

The subsequent two days will characteristic centered deliberations on the precedence areas of DEWG — digital public infrastructure, cybersecurity within the digital financial system, and digital skilling. The DEWG was initially shaped in 2017 as a part of the German G20 presidency with the goal of selling the implementation of a safe, interconnected, and inclusive digital financial system.

With the worldwide digital financial system estimated to be value USD 11 trillion and anticipated to achieve USD 23 trillion by 2025, the DEWG performs a essential function in shaping the worldwide coverage discourse within the digital house.

In addition to the G20 member nations, India has additionally invited visitor nations and International organisations just like the World Bank, UNESCO, OECD, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and UNDP to take part within the DEWG conferences.

The DEWG can even meet in Hyderabad, Pune, and Bengaluru in April, June and August. The ministerial assembly of DEWG will happen in Bengaluru.

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