UNGA President praises India's digitalization, infrastructure Investment

Dennis Francis, the President of the UN General As sembly, has praised India for its effective utilization of digitalization, which has facilitated financial inclusion and poverty alleviation.

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He emphasized that this positions the country with a "comparative advantage" and suggests that its insights can benefit the global community.

"Let me say first of all that since I've been to India, every time I think of India, I think of Incredible India. And I mean this in all earnest. And I saw it when I was there. The specific example to which I can refer is India's use of digitalisation," Francis, President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, told PTI in an exclusive interview. He referred to the country's tourism tagline of 'Incredible India'.

Francis was in India from January 22-26 this year on an official visit, during which he held a bilateral meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi and also travelled to Jaipur and Mumbai. During the visit, his interactions with government officials, civil society members and think tanks focused on issues such as sustainability, multilateralism, accessibility, and digital public infrastructure.