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Minister of State for Electronics & IT and Commerce & Industry Jitin Prasada led the Indian delegation to the G20 Innovation Ministers' Meeting held on 1-2 September 2026 at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Ministers adopted a consensus Innovation Ministerial Statement built on six pillars, along with the Carolina Principles for Emerging Technologies, the AI Prosperity Objectives and the AI Prosperity Compact.
India held bilaterals with the European Commission, France, Germany, the African Union and the US Commerce Secretary, and offered India Stack digital public infrastructure solutions to African countries.
GS Paper 2 > International Relations > Important International Institutions and Groupings
Consider the following statements about G-20: 1. The G-20 group was originally established as a platform for the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to discuss the international economic and financial issues. 2. Digital public infrastructure is one of India's G-20 priorities. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Both 1 and 2
A G20 consensus document adopted at the 2026 Innovation Ministerial calling on countries to invest in foundational research, strengthen commercialisation pathways and enable trusted technology adoption.
India's set of open digital public infrastructure layers, offered to African countries during the India-African Union bilateral at this meeting.