India’s G20 presidency has just started but has already been incredible: Deputy MD Better than Cash Alliance

Kolkata (West Bengal), January 11 (ANI): Tidhar Wald, Deputy Managing Director of Better than Cash Alliance in Kolkata on Wednesday said that India’s presidency has just started but it has already been incredible.

“We like the inclusion, he said at the conclusion of the first Global Partnership for financial inclusion meeting.

“India’s presidency has just started but it has already been incredible. We like the inclusion. India has made incredible progress in the last eight years in driving digital financial inclusion. A total of 1.34 billion digital IDs have been provided to the population,” Wald said.

Mauricio Costa Maura, a delegate from Brazil said he is confident that India’s presidency will deliver what is expected. “We expect good deliverance at the end to prove financial inclusion across the globe,” he said.

The delegate from Switzerland Jean Baptiste Deleze said: “We would like to thank the government of India, and the government of West Bengal for the commendable work. The organisation is admirable and the conditions for work are ideal here.”

The delegates visited Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial on Wednesday. The delegates saw a picture and light show, and had a hearty meal. They appreciated Indian cuisine.

The first meeting of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) Working Group of G20 under the Finance Track of India’s Presidency began on Monday with a symposium through an engaging session on the role of digital public infrastructure to augment digital financial services.