As a foundational pillar of a digital economy, the digital ID holds immense potential to play an integral role in reshaping economic revival, safeguarding vulnerable communities with effective benefit transfers, enhancing tax revenues and accelerating development.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is concerned about delays in the implementation of Sri Lanka’s digital ID system. The group stressed the importance of digital identity for reviving Sri Lanka’s economy, and pointed nations such as Kenya, Singapore and India are examples where substantive investment in digital public infrastructure.
