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Why India’s digitalisation matters for the UK

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A decade ago , less than 20 per cent of India ’s billion-strong population had access to the internet.

Today , over 60 per cent are netizens and Indians are online on some of the fastest connection speeds on the planet.

India is a world leader in the use of digital technology for governance, FinTech and services.

India already offers modular, replicable and open architecture-based blocks of a similar system to be deployed in the Global South .

The UK and India could work on these trilaterally, or through organisations like the Commonwealth .

The next generation of digital governance and business services will be delivered in the AI era.