According to World Bank’s World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends, India is on track to register its entire 1.25 billion population using its Aadhaar digital ID which would help the government to promote the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in its welfare schemes.
Key Points of the Report
The report noted that digital technologies can promote inclusion, efficiency, and innovation.
More than 40 per cent of adults in East Africa pay their utility bills using a mobile phone.
There are eight million entrepreneurs in China — one-third of them women — who use an e-commerce platform to sell goods nationally and export to 120 countries.
India has provided unique digital identification to nearly one billion people in five years, and increased access and reduced corruption in public services.
And in public health services, simple SMS messages have proven effective in reminding people living with HIV to take their lifesaving drugs.
Current Affairs: 13th January, 2016 Current Affairs Round up December, 2015.
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