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r e p a P l a n o i s a c c O ISSUE NO. 365 SEPTEMBER 2022 © 2022 Observer Research Foundation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied, archived, retained or transmitted through print, speech or electronic media without prior written approval from ORF. The G20 Digital Economy Agenda for India Shruti Jain Abstract The role of digitalisation in the global economy has become increasingly crucial as the dependency on digital technologies has surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Establishing a digital economy involves utilising digitisation as the key factor of production in a broad range of economic activities. The G20 has recognised the importance of maximising benefits and minimising challenges from the development of the digital economy. Over the years, it has sought to address several challenges resulting from the rapid digitalisation of the economy. These include measuring the digital economy, e-commerce cooperation, consumer protection, and the digital divide. The G20 leaders have also reaffirmed the need for policies that create an enabling, open, inclusive, fair, and 1 non-discriminatory digital economy. This paper explores the evolution of the digital economy agenda under the G20’s Sherpa Track from 2016 to 2022. Further, it traces India’s digital economy agenda at the G20 and provides recommendations to expand its scope in the global context. Attribution: Shruti Jain, “The G20 Digital Economy Agenda for India,” Occasional Paper No. 365, September 2022, Observer Research Foundation. n 2015, Türkiye initiated the B20 Conference on Digital