Question: Who represented India in the G2P Digital Minister’s Meet held on July 22, 2020?
(a)Prakash Javadekar
(b)Ravishankar Prasad
(c)Piyush Goyal
(d)Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- A virtual meeting of G20 Digital Economy Ministers under the presidency of Saudi Arabia took place on July 22, 2020.
- Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology represented India during this virtual meeting.
- Representative from all the member countries participated in the virtual meet.
- Highlights of the meeting:
- The management of COVID19 crisis by India was explained by minister being far better than many other countries.
- Decisions like early nationwide lockdown helped in the country in curbing the spread of the virus as well as prepare for the upcoming challenges effectively.
- India’s digital innovations that helped in fight against COVID19 was also shared.
- Initiatives like Aarogya Setu mobile app, geo-fencing system for monitoring quarantined patients and COVID19 Savdhan bulk messaging systems helped in containing COVID 19 spread.
- Digital innovations like Direct Benefit Transfers and digital payments were used to provide various financial relief to poor during the lockdown.
- The need for building trustworthy Artificial Intelligence systems that can transform the society was also emphasized.
- India’s plan about placing a robust personal data protection law which will not only address the data privacy related concerns of citizens but also ensure availability of data for innovation and economic development was also told.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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