UNGA President Dennis Francis praised India’s digitisation efforts for lifting 800 million people out of poverty over 5-6 years. He highlighted rural residents’ ability to make payments via smartphones, pointing India’s high internet penetration. “Almost everyone has a cellphone,” he noted, contrasting this with other Global South regions lacking such digital equity.
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