The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, opened the conference praising the ability of the Internet to improve access "to domains such as education or health," and praised the benefits of the identity platform digital india Aadhaar, which already gathers the biometric data of more than one billion people.
UNdunankulu waseNdiya, UNarendra Modi, wavula ingqungquthela idumisa ikhono le-intanethi ukuthuthukisa ukufinyelela "kwizizinda ezifana nemfundo noma impilo," futhi yadumisa izinzuzo zesikhulumi sokuthi ungubani i-india yedijithali i-Aadhaar, eqoqa kakade idatha ye-biometric yabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane.