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New Delhi, May 14 (Hindustan Times). Member countries of the international body Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have unanimously accepted India’s proposal to develop a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). Union IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave this information after a ministerial meeting with SCO member countries.
Vaishnav said on Saturday that the digital ministers of SCO member countries have unanimously accepted India’s proposal to introduce DPI to implement digital technology in their respective countries. He said that India has already tied up with about a dozen countries for UPI acceptance.
The IT Minister informed that BHIM UPI QR is currently accepted in Singapore, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mauritius, Nepal and Bhutan. In fact, India has developed Unified Payment Interface (UPI), DPI like Aadhaar to easily provide services to the public. The government, as part of its responsibility in the G-20 chairmanship, has started approaching various countries to offer the benefits of the technology at no charge.
Vaishnav said that it is expected that Indian startups will benefit from this.
Significantly, SCO consists of eight member countries China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Apart from this, 4 observer countries are Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia while six dialogue partners are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey.