Russia's minister for telecom and mass communications Nikolai Nikiforov met Prasad and conveyed the proposal regarding the group on Information and Communications Technology in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping.
"Today he had come with a proposal for a BRICS meeting of heads of state that is going to take place in July in Russia and...A need for the ICT ministers to work in close cooperation for a variety of issues including cyber security where there is immense scope of work," Prasad said.
Nikiforov said the initiative of a separate ICT track on the BRICS platform is mooted because this segment is playing an important role in BRICS countries and the platform is the wonderful political platform to discuss and unite efforts of leading countries.
"I am satisfied by the meeting, we discussed a lot of telecom such as how to decrease international roaming tariffs, to improve electronic government services and many other topics," he said.