Ajit Karn
The Minister of Finance of the Union, Nirmala Sitharaman, stated that climate change is now “hitting from various different angles.”
During a panel discussion at a World Bank-sponsored event titled “Making it Personal: How Behavioral Change Can Combat Climate Change,”Nirmala Sitharaman stated, “Climate is now impacting us from a variety of different angles, in our daily lives.”
When asked how India implements the LiFE agenda, the Union Finance Minister responded, “through repeated persuasion, repeated speaking about and speaking about issues which you believe to be commonplace, but repeated speaking by people who hold positions, by people who are responsible, by people who can really attract attention.”
This is where and why, according to Sitharaman, the vast majority of advertising campaigns for humdrum items enlist the support of prominent figures.
The Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) initiative, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeks to promote the adoption of sustainable lifestyles in India and around the world in order to combat environmental degradation and climate change.
Climate change "hitting us from various different angles": Nirmala Sitharaman
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The LiFE initiative intends to utilize the power of social networks to shape climate-related social norms. It intends to establish and cultivate a global network of individuals, dubbed “Pro-Planet People” (P3), who will share a commitment to adopt and promote eco-friendly lifestyles.
The Minister of Finance stated, “You need more people to discuss it, and more influential people to discuss it.”
Sitharaman also spoke at length on DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure) on Friday, emphasizing India’s innovative contribution to targeted rapid, efficient, and inclusive service delivery over the past couple of years.
Sitharaman, speaking as a Keynote Speaker at “India’s Digital Public Infrastructure – Stacking Up the Benefits,” an event organized by the IMF on how the public and private sectors can collaborate on DPI in Washington, stated that, in light of the numerous macroeconomic and pandemic-related challenges currently facing the world, examples available demonstrate the DPI’s potential to benefit both the public and private sectors.
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“As we face multiple macroeconomic and pandemic-related challenges, we are faced with a number of obstacles.” Existing examples demonstrate that the capacity of DPI to contribute to both the public and private sectors is immense and has the ability to alter the country’s development trajectory, even in challenging times. During the last few years in India, we have witnessed how DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure) can contribute to targeted, efficient, and inclusive service delivery via innovative methods, as stated by the Union Finance Minister in her keynote address.
