Text of Keynote address by Sh. Amit Agrawal, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Telecommunications, at the Thematic Panel Discussion I: Cybersecurity and Trustworthy ICTs, including Child Online Protection

India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Distinguished delegates from BRICS member countries, representatives from the Government of India and the Governments of various States of the Union of India, industry and academia, ladies and gentlemen,

I wish you all a good afternoon.

Since inception of the BRICS Information and Communication Technology Track in 2016, the focus has been mostly on the number of people digitally connected and the reach of digital networks. In the decade since, BRICS countries have made significant progress, with digital connectivity in the five founding BRICS member countries growing by 1.3 billion internet users - from about 45% in 2016 to about 82% today - and 4G coverage expanding from ab...