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Open Digital Ecosystems Like Aadhaar Or UPI Can Unlock $700B Opportunity In India: Nasscom

• BySheetal Sidhu     |    August 25, 2021

Open digital ecosystems in India will unlock opportunities worth $700 billion by 2030 across sectors, stated Nasscom in a report titled ‘Digital India: The Platformisation Play’, at a summit.Citing a report by ONI and BCG, Nasscom stated that the success of digital platforms like Aadhaar, UPI or CoWIN would have a positive impact on sectors such as healthcare, talent, agriculture, MSMEs, education, urban governance, law and justice, logistics, state service delivery, and e-land records.

Speaking at the launch of the report on the sidelines of NASSCOM Cloud Summit, Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY, said,“As we move on from products to platforms, it is commendable to see how these platforms are now taking over the world. We aim to witness a sea change from making the government services available to people in a more efficient yet convenient manner, where both state and central governments come together and harmonize their development as a whole.”
Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh said, “With digital platforms like Aadhaar, CoWIN, GEMS, etc, we have truly shown the world to build the foundation for a scalable digital economy impacting over billion of lives.”

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