India, Aug. 20 -- BRICS member countries can build institutional capacity together and jointly advocate for standards in international telecom and ICT bodies that are fair and genuinely represent everyone, Minister of State for Telecom Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said on Thursday.

Speaking at the BRICS ICT Track Thematic Panel Discussion on "Sustainable and Resilient Digital and ICT Ecosystems: Digital Public Infrastructure for Impact - Global South Insights on Powering Public Services and Economic Growth", the minister said India is open to sharing modular, open-source frameworks for digital public infrastructure, which member states should be able to adapt without rebuilding them from the beginning or incurring prohibitive licensing costs...