India 

The National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) will create a shared digital infrastructure to support cities and towns. It will institutionalise a citizen-centric and ecosystem-driven approach to urban governance and service delivery for 2,022 cities by 2022, and across all cities and towns in India by 2024. It will create a shared digital infrastructure that can consolidate and cross-leverage the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ various digital initiatives.

 South Korea 

As online commerce booms during the pandemic, the government said it will support digitalization in the retail industry, the use of drones and robots in delivery and establishing a big data analysis platform. In a joint statement by multiple ministries Thursday, the government said it will inject over 300 billion won ($266.7 million) into supporting digitalization in the retail industry from 2021 through 2023. In the course of supporting growth of online commerce, the government said it expects to create over 20,000 jobs in the retail sector.