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The 7th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for Cooperation in ICTs opened at Pune on 17 August 2026.
Pune is hosting the five-day BRICS ICT Track from 17 to 21 August 2026, organised by the Department of Telecommunications.
DoT Secretary Amit Agrawal inaugurated the meeting under India's 2026 chairship theme, 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.
The agenda covered inclusive digital environments, ICT start-ups, digital skills and trusted Digital Public Infrastructure.
The Council of the BRICS Institute of Future Networks met alongside, reviewing study groups on AI, next-generation communications, Industry 4.0 and electromagnetic field exposure.
DPI refers to reusable, interoperable digital systems — identity, payments and data exchange — on which both government and private services can be built, rather than each service building its own stack. India's Aadhaar, UPI and consent-based data-sharing layers are the standard examples, and 'trusted DPI' on the Pune agenda refers to the governance question that follows: who runs these rails, on what terms, and with what protection for the user. It is the single most exportable item in India's digital policy portfolio, which is why it recurs in every forum India chairs.
Simple Analogy: Roads rather than vehicles — the state lays the surface, and anyone can drive their own service over it.
BRICS body for cooperative research on future network technologies, working through national branches and study groups on artificial intelligence, next-generation communications, Industry 4.0 internet applications and electromagnetic field exposure
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Consider the following pairs: I. Woman Farmer : 2026 II. Sustainable Tourism : 2027 III. Peace and Trust : 2025 IV. Asteroid : 2029 How many... correctly matched?
Answer: All the four
The information and communication technologies workstream of BRICS, covering digital policy, telecommunications and emerging technologies
Reusable digital systems such as identity, payments and data exchange used by public and private services alike
The use of automation, data exchange and connected systems in manufacturing and services
BRICS research body on future network technologies, working through national branches and study groups