PM Modi addresses open plenary session of BRICS Summit, says India fully supports expansion of BRICS
While speaking at the 15th BRICS Summit's open plenary session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that India fully supports BRICS expansion and welcomes moving forward with consensus on this.
Speaking at the 15th BRICS Summit's open plenary session, PM Modi added, " We will need to make our respective societies future-ready to make BRICS a future-ready organisation, and technology will play an important role in this. "
"In India, to provide education to the children living in rural areas, DIKSHA- Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing Platform has been developed. Along with that, to boost innovation amongst school students, we have established 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs," he added.
PM Modi also emphasized the AI-based language platform for breaking down linguistic barriers.
"To remove language barriers, India has started AI-based language platform ‘Bhashini’ which has been widely used," he stated.
According to PM Modi, the CoWIN platform was created to track vaccination. "For vaccination, the CoWIN platform was made. Digital public infrastructure, i.e. through ‘India Stack’, public service delivery has been revolutionized."
Furthermore, PM Modi emphasized that 'diversity' is India's greatest strength.
"For every problem that India faces, diversity brings the solution," he continued.
In addition, PM Modi stated that the BRICS countries must make their communities future-ready in order for the grouping to be a future-ready organization and that technology will play a key role in these efforts.
Under its G20 presidency, India placed a high value on the countries of the Global South, and it praised South Africa for taking the lead as chair of the BRICS conference.
“We welcome the move to give special importance to the countries of the Global South in BRICS under the chairmanship of South Africa. This is not just the aspiration, but also the need of the present times. India has also given importance to this subject under its G20 presidency. One Earth One Family One Future - we are trying to move forward with all countries on this mantra. In the Voice of Global South summit in January this year, 125 countries participated and shared their concerns and priorities,” he added.
- ANI
