India has embarked upon an ambitious journey by taking over the G20 presidency. During India’s Presidency, we Endeavour to demonstrate India’s leadership on global issues. The Digital Economy Work Group (DEWG) is a crucial work stream of G20 through which we intend to anchor our Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision for the world, in line with India’s G20 Presidency theme ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam -One Earth, One Family, One Future.

As part of these efforts, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the “G20 Digital Innovation Alliance” (G20-DIA). The G20 Digital Innovation Alliance (G20-DIA) mission is to showcase innovative solutions and create an alliance of innovation ecosystem players, including startups, investors, mentors, and institutions who are building digital public goods/innovations for the betterment of economies and the upliftment of societies.

Startups developing solutions for various problem statements in the six themes of Ed-tech, Health-tech, Agri-tech, Fin-tech, Secured Digital Infrastructure, and Circular Economy from the G20 member countries and the invited non-member countries will be recognized and supported as part of G20-DIA.

As part of the G20-Digital Innovation Alliance, MeitY is launching a series of events, expert sessions, webinars, capacity building workshops around the six selected themes to ensure fruitful and constructive engagement of innovators, entrepreneurs, startups, corporates, investors, mentors etc. The G20-DIA will unite the global innovation ecosystems to recognize and support startups developing innovative digital solutions that reduce the digital divide among segments of humanity and boost the global economy.

Sectors:
• AGRI-TECH
• ED-TECH
• FIN-TECH
• HEALTH-TECH
• SECURED DIGITAL INFRA
• CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Time Line:
Start date: 23rd January 2023
End date: 31st March 2023

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Eligibility Criteria:
1. Participating teams need to be mandatorily registered as Companies/ startups/ MSMEs/ LLPs in order to apply for the G20-DIA.
2. The entity must have 51% or more shareholding with an Indian citizen or person of Indian origin and should be domiciled in India.
3. The applicant’s entity should not be a subsidiary company of any foreign corporation.