FM Sitharaman offers open source network India Stack to other countries

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The country’s open source network for digital public goods and application programming interface, India Stack, is available to other countries that need such expertise, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

Speaking at an event at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC, Sitharaman said India had set a global benchmark in payments digitisation with its Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

“Standing here I want to reiterate that India’s public goods are available for countries which need it,” Sitharaman said, adding that India Stack is helping small and medium industries scale up.

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