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India has big plans to export its e-government technology

From biometric IDs to payment systems, it has a lot to offer

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By Leo Mirani

Buried on page 22 of the 29-page G20 leaders’ declaration (excluding annexures), produced in New Delhi in September and endorsed by the world’s biggest economies, is a section with the anodyne title of “Technological Transformation and Digital Public Infrastructure”. It is filled with the sort of forgettable jargon that big diplomatic summits are notorious for producing. It is also something that the world should expect to hear a lot more about in 2024.

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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition of The World Ahead 2024 under the headline “Ctrl-Alt-Delhi”

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