G20 Summit: Top official says India will highlight its digital progress during New Delhi event

Muktesh K Pardeshi, Special Secretary, G20 Operations, told ANI in an interview that he also informed that the catering at the Convention Centre is being handled by the ITC and there is a lot of focus on cuisine, menu planning as well and service aspects.

He said not everybody is able to understand how India has been able to leapfrog in the sector of digital payment and delegates will also get to know how the CoWin app was developed and how over a billion people were connected with Aadhar.

“The G20 meetings focusing on three Cs. But there is one unmistakable aspect of our approach. We are going to showcase progress in the field of the digital sector. So there’ll be an experience zone created to showcase the progress we have achieved in the field of technological transformation, particularly digital transformation,” he said.

“There will be some experience panels created for delegates to experience, for instance how UPI payment is done. People will get to know how biometric enrolment was done and one billion people were connected through Aadhar. How the CoWin app was developed. Not everybody is able to understand how India has been able to leapfrog in the sector of digital payment. So we want to showcase the modern face of India as well," he told the news agency.

The major G20 Summit will be held in New Delhi from Sept 9 to Sept 10.

India assumed G20 presidency last year on Dec 1.

So far, 200 meetings related to the G20 Summit have been held across 60 cities in the country.