Four days of Indian fintech, in the words of the people who were there

From the stage

Wednesday's address was the Maharashtra Chief Minister's, and he came with something specific. Last year Maharashtra committed at GFF to becoming India's first tokenisation state; what that has turned into is the DELTA Act, a legal framework for tokenising land and other immovable assets.

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  Moneycontrol 11h

  #MCatGFF26 | 🚨 "Mumbai is one of the emerging Fintech capitals of the world."

  “The future of finance has already started looking beyond New York, London and Singapore and is being built in India,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis ) said at Global Fintech Fest 2026.

  Calling Mumbai one of the world’s emerging fintech capitals, Fadnavis said India’s fintech story has been defined by the democratisation of payments.

  Track LIVE updates 🔗
  https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/global-fintech-fest-2026-live-updates-mumbai-liveblog-14025643.html

  @CMOMaharashtra
  #GlobalFintechFest #DevendraFadnavis #GFF2026

  

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  The longest verbatim passage anyone published of the address, taken down as he said it.

  Press Trust of India 11h

  VIDEO | Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis addresses Global Fintech Fest 2026, says, "Every year, when this extraordinary community gathers in Mumbai, we are reminded of something important. The future of finance has already started looking beyond New York, London, or Singapore. Increasingly, it is being imagined, built, and scaled here in India and there could be no better home for this conversation than Mumbai, the financial capital of India. And I believe one of the emerging Fintech capitals of the world. The theme of GFF this year is potential of impact. Built around three technologies that could fundamentally reshape finance. Agentic AI, tokenisation and quantum. I particularly like the words potential to impact because technology has never suffered from a shortage of potential. Our challenge is to convert that potential into impact for people. India has already demonstrated how this can be done."

  #GlobalFintechFest2026

  (Full video available on PTI Videos - http://ptivideos.com)

  

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  The same morning, off the stage, in Marathi. It is the only record of what he told the press on the sidelines.

  Devendra Fadnavis 8h

  ग्लोबल फिनटेक फेस्ट 2026 च्या पार्श्वभूमीवर डिजिटल व्यवहार, यूपीआय पेमेंट्स या विषयांवर माध्यमांशी संवाद.

  (मुंबई | 09-09-2026)
  @GffFintechfest
  #Maharashtra #Mumbai

  

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  The Chief Minister's own account of his address, and the only place the DELTA Act is named. The Maharashtra Digitisation and Exchange of Land Token Assets Act is what last year's commitment to make Maharashtra the first tokenisation state has become: a legal framework for putting land and other immovable assets on a blockchain. He names Kolhapur, Vidarbha and Pune, which is a longer way to say that none of this is Mumbai's alone.

  Devendra Fadnavis 5h

  From Potential to Impact: Building the Future of Finance!

  Glad to addresses the 'Global Fintech Fest 2026' on Potential to Impact: Agentic AI - Tokenisation - Quantum in Mumbai, today.

  It was a pleasure to be back at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai, the financial capital of India and an emerging fintech capital of the world. Agentic AI, Tokenisation and Quantum have the potential to fundamentally reshape finance. The real challenge is to turn this potential into meaningful impact for people.

  India democratised payments through UPI. The next frontier is to democratise credit, investments, ownership and access to financial intelligence, so that an MSME in Kolhapur, a farmer in Vidarbha or a woman entrepreneur in Pune can benefit from the same quality of financial intelligence once available mainly to large institutions.

  Last year, a commitment was made at the GFF to work towards making Maharashtra the first tokenisation state. Today, that vision is moving forward through the DELTA Act, the Maharashtra Digitisation and Exchange of Land Token Assets Act which aims to create a legal framework for blockchain-based tokenisation of land and other immovable assets. Maharashtra’s strength lies in the convergence of finance, technology, AI, data infrastructure and innovation. While Mumbai brings a deep financial ecosystem, Pune brings extraordinary technology and engineering talent, and Navi Mumbai is emerging as a new centre for data innovation and global connectivity.

  With the vision and leadership of Hon PM Narendra Modi Ji, Maharashtra is building towards becoming India’s largest real-world test bed for the next generation of fintech. The next generation of fintech must democratise credit, intelligence, ownership and opportunity. We must aim for greater agency through agentic AI, productive capital through tokenisation, stronger trust through quantum and technology that ultimately expands human opportunity.

  GFF 2026 Chair Kris Gopalakrishnan ji, NPCI Executive Director – Growth Sohini Rajola, former Executive Director of RBI, G Padmanabhan ji and other dignitaries were present.

  @kris_sg @GffFintechfest
  #Maharashtra #FintechFest2026 #GFF

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What was said

Two television studios ran on the floor all day, and most of what came out of them records only that somebody was interviewed. These are the ones carrying something a person actually said.

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  Peak XV's own write-up of Mohit Bhatnagar's conversation with Razorpay's Harshil Mathur, and the fullest account anyone published of a Day 2 session. The third point is the one the rest of the week keeps returning to: that what Indian companies learned building for this scale is exportable to markets on the same journey.

  Peak XV Partners 9h

  What will the next generation of Indian fintech companies look like? More specialized. More personalized. And, increasingly, more global.

  Fascinating conversation between @Razorpay's @harshilmathur and Peak XV’s @mobhat at @GffFintechfest today on building fintech companies from India for global scale.

  Things that stood out:

  •⁠ ⁠The next fintech wave goes beyond access. India’s first fintech era brought millions of consumers and businesses online. A deeper market now creates room to solve much more specific customer problems and still build at significant scale.

  •⁠ ⁠AI makes that depth possible. As the cost of personalization falls, founders can build products across languages, customer segments and use cases in ways that were previously too expensive or complex.

  •⁠ ⁠India’s fintech experience is increasingly exportable. With 49% of the world’s real-time payments happening here, Indian companies have had to solve for extraordinary scale and complexity. Those capabilities can become increasingly relevant in markets following a similar real-time payments journey.

  There is still a huge amount to build in India. And an increasingly compelling opportunity to build from India for the world. 🙌

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  Moneycontrol ran a studio on the floor all week. This is the only record of who went through it on Day 2.

  Chandra R. Srikanth 8h

  Kicking off a series of conversations with policy makers, business leaders and founders at Global Fintech Fest with the team from the Moneycontrol studio
  @latha_venkatesh
  @neelkanthmishra from World Bank
  Hitesh Sethia of Jio Financial Services
  Rishi Bal of BharatGen
  @debanganaghosh4
  @N_Mahalakshmi_

  

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  CNBC-TV18 5h

  🌏 'UPI is emerging as a global role model for real-time payments infrastructure'

  Christine Tan of J.P. Morgan spoke to Shereen Bhan on cross-border payments, working with NPCI & building forex solutions.
  @ShereenBhan @jpmorgan
  #GFF2026 #UPI #JPMorgan #NPCI #Fintech #CNBCTV18Digital

  

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  Sampat on what the money from Meta is for: a balance sheet, new products, acquisitions and time to experiment. It is the only company on the floor on Day 2 talking about its own funding rather than its product.

  CNBC-TV18 4h

  GFF 2026| "The capital (Meta's $900 million funding) gives us a strong balance sheet and allows us to create new products, focus on M&A and gives us time to experiment" says @miten, CEO, Cred in conversation with @_RituSingh

  #GFF2026 #FintechStudio #CNBCTV18 #Karix #Fintech #AI #DigitalTransformation

  

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  Reported rather than posted. The floor spent Day 2 announcing new ways to pay, and this is the one senior banker on record about what defending them costs.

  NachikeT Kelkar ✍🏼 2h

  Debadatta Chand, the MD and CEO of Bank Of Baroda urged banks to step up cybersecurity spending and improve financial and digital literacy amid rising risks.
  #India #banks #BankofBaroda #cybersecurity #GFF2026 @business_today

  https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/banks/story/rising-cyber-fraud-puts-customers-at-risk-banks-need-to-invest-more-bank-of-baroda-ceo-554365-2026-09-09

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  The one thing said on Day 2 that is a warning rather than an announcement. Herding risk is algorithmic strategies firing together and moving the market by volume alone.

  ET NOW 2h

  Global Fintech Fest 2026 | "Herding risk in algo trading can move market via big volume," says Ambarish Kenghe of Angel One

  Here's what he has to say on liquidity for algo traders👇

  #GFF2026 @GffFintechfest @kenghe @AngelOne

  

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Launched here

The floor opened on Wednesday and almost everything the week had to announce was announced on it: an agent that books a bus seat and pays for it, a card issued at an ATM, cash paid into somebody else's account, and a first international market.

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  BharatPe did not post this itself, so a live blog is the record: an agentic AI suite for merchants, and a Credit Coach meant to explain credit to the people using it.

  businessline 12h

  🔴Global Fintech Fest 2026 Live Updates: BharatPe leads the AI-First Shift in Fintech with new Merchant AI Suite; launches Agentic AI and Credit Coach at GFF 2026

  BharatPe launched BharatPe Agentic AI at the Global Fintech Fest 2026. This makes it one of the first fintech companies in the country to introduce an Agentic AI solution specifically for merchants and businesses. The company also unveiled Credit Coach, which leverages AI to increase Credit awareness amongst users.

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  PhonePe's tenth year, and its first international market. The UAE.

  PhonePe 5h

  “True progress isn’t measured by how fast the top 10% move – it is measured by whether we leave anyone behind.”

  At #GFF2026, Sameer Nigam, Founder & CEO, shared the company’s vision for the next decade -breaking barriers across payments, savings, credit and financial services to unlock progress for every Indian.

  And now, PhonePe is taking that journey global, with the UAE as its first international market.

  #PhonepeAtGFF #10YearsOfPhonePe

  

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  PhonePe 4h

  How do you scale commerce from local street vendors to global cross-border payments?

  At #GFF2026, the PhonePe x Visa product launch showcased how this collaboration bridges everyday local convenience with effortless global commerce, putting security and choice first.

  #PhonepeAtGFF

  

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  Read as the points that are confirmed, with the fees, rewards, network and caps still unpublished, which he says plainly. Invite-only for now, and only through the Amazon Pay app.

  Ravi Maheshwari 4h

  Amazon Pay × Kotak Business Credit Card launched at GFF 2026.

  From what’s confirmed so far:

  • 5% cashback on Amazon Business purchases & travel.

  • For Amazon Business users (sole props / MSMEs)
  • Apply only via Amazon Pay app
  • Invite-only for now
  • Full details (fees, rewards, network, caps, T&Cs) expected in the coming weeks

  Wait for official terms.

  Will share once Amazon Pay / Kotak drop the complete offer.

  #ccgeeks

  

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  Bandhan Bank launching a credit card, in a market whose low penetration is the whole argument for doing it. He is also the only person in the day's corpus talking about bank liquidity and margins.

  ET NOW 3h

  #WATCH | Can Bandhan Bank’s Credit Card Push Unlock A New Growth Opportunity?

  Partha Pratim Sengupta, MD & CEO, Bandhan Bank, discusses the launch of the bank’s credit card at Global Fintech Fest 2026, the opportunity in India’s underpenetrated credit card market and the impact of FCNR inflows on banking liquidity and NIMs.

  @bandhanbank_in @anuragshah_

  #BandhanBank #ParthaPratimSengupta #CreditCards #Banking #FCNR #NIM #GFF2026 #Fintech #ETNOW

  

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  PayU India 2h

  Where banking expertise meets payment intelligence.

  PayU and Ujjivan Small Finance Bank came together at Global Fintech Fest 2026 to create new possibilities for digital payments.

  #PayU #GFF2026 #globalfintechfest #PayUatGFF

  

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  Agentic AI is one of the three technologies the whole week is built around, and this is one of the few announcements attaching it to a payment somebody can actually make: redBus as the merchant, Visa underneath, and no checkout step.

  Cashfree 2h

  Your AI agent can now book your bus tickets while you sleep. 🚌🤖

  We just dropped Agentic Commerce Payments at #GFF2026 with @redBus_in, powered by @Visa. Your agent finds the trip, books the seat, and settles the payment—zero manual checkout required.

  Catch us live at GFF before we're fully booked: https://www.cashfree.com/global-fintech-fest-gff-2026/ #CashfreeAtGFF

  

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  Announced on Day 2 for a launch at the stall on Day 3, at two in the afternoon. Most of the smaller launches on this floor happen this way.

  Odyssey Technologies 2h

  At @GffFintechfest 2026, @TMBank_Ltd
  and xorkee come together for the launch of 'xorkee for Rupay Card Authorization'.

  📅 10 September, 2026 | 2:00 PM
  📍 Stall no. JA 15 | Jio World Centre, Mumbai

  #xorkee #TamilnadMercantileBank #GlobalFintechFest #GFF2026

  

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  Third-party cash deposits mean one person can pay cash into another person's bank account through Aadhaar authentication, at a banking correspondent's counter rather than a branch.

  NPCI 2h

  Driving greater inclusion and accessibility in digital payments.

  At #GFF2026, Hon’ble Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Shri Sanjay Lohiya, launched third-party cash deposits through AePS, enabling customers to deposit cash into another person’s bank account through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System.

  A significant step towards building a more accessible and inclusive digital financial ecosystem.

  @dilipasbe | Sohini Rajola | Nitin Mishra | Kunal Kalawatia | Viral Maru | Ajay Pal

  #GFF2026 #GlobalFintechFest2026 #NPCI #NPCIAlwaysForward #AePS #ThirdPartyDeposit

  

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  Both of NPCI's Day 2 launches were made by the Secretary of the Department of Financial Services rather than by NPCI. A card printed at the ATM you are standing at, instead of posted to you.

  NPCI 2h

  A new milestone towards making banking more seamless, accessible and customer-centric!

  At #GFF2026, Hon’ble Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Shri Sanjay Lohiya, launched Instant Card Issuance through Android ATMs, enabling customers to receive their cards instantly and conveniently.

  A significant step towards enabling smarter, faster and more accessible banking experiences.

  @dilipasbe | Sohini Rajola | Nitin Mishra | Kunal Kalawatia | Viral Maru | Ajay Pal

  #GFF2026 #GlobalFintechFest2026 #NPCI #NPCIAlwaysForward #InstantCardIssuance

  

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On the floor

Booth numbers, stall demos, a discount code and one long search for lunch.

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  ConsenPro is CAMS's consent-management product for the DPDP Act. He also stops to explain what GFF is, which almost nobody posting from inside it does.

  Vishal Suri 11h

  Hello guys,

  I am here at GFF representing CAMS' DPDP solution ConsenPro. Do drop by if you're around.

  For those not aware. GFF is Global Fintech Fest, India's largest financial services exhibition.

  #dpdp #gff

  

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  The Chief Minister inaugurated the expo on Wednesday, and that is the fact explaining the rest of this part. The conference opened on the 8th and the hall opened on the 9th, so almost every exhibitor here is posting about their Day 1 on the fest's Day 2.

  CMO Maharashtra 9h

  मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांनी आज मुंबई येथे 'ग्लोबल फिनटेक फेस्ट 2026' च्या एक्सपोचे उदघाटन केले आणि फिनटेक क्षेत्रातील विविध सेवा आणि तंत्रज्ञानाची पाहणी केली.

  @Dev_Fadnavis @kris_sg @GffFintechfest
  #Maharashtra #DevendraFadnavis #FintechFest2026 #GFF

  

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  The coffee at GFF is sponsored, and this is who sponsors it.

  LenDenClub 8h

  We're proud to be the Caffeine Partner at Global Fintech Fest 2026

  For 11 years, we are building one of India's leading P2P lending platforms.

  At GFF, you'll find us doing what we do best as a platform. Come meet the team, meet our founders across the panel and moderator sessions, and see how P2P Lending actually works.

  Booth T-18, Pavilion Hall

  9-11 September 2026

  #GlobalFintechFest #GFF2026 #P2PLending #Fintech #LenDenClub

  

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  A booth in the morning, an app launch in the evening and a party after it, in one post. This is what the week looks like for a company that is not on the main stage.

  UpTik_Official 7h

  DAY 1 STARTS NOW!
  Team UpTik is at #GFF2026 in Mumbai! 🇮🇳
  Connecting. Innovating. Building the future of alternative credit.

  BOOTH W19, Pavilion

  Tonight: 🚀 UpTik 2.0 App Launch + 🎉 GFF Night Fest 2026
  📅 Sept 9
  📍 Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai
  #UpTik #FintechIndia

  

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  Altifi.ai 6h

  We’re live at GFF 2026. 🚀
  The energy is on, conversations are flowing, and we’re excited to bring Altifi to the Global Fintech Fest.
  If you’re at GFF, come say hello.
  📍 Pavilion Hall | Booth H14–H15
  📅 9–11 September 2026
  📌 Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai
  #GFF2026 #Altifi

  

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  The day as most people actually spent it. He met about fifteen businesses that want voice AI and about ten startups that want to sell to him, met Motilal Oswal, and did not find lunch.

  Maitreya Wagh 6h

  Highlights from my quest to find lunch at @GffFintechfest:
  Met~15 businesses that want Voice AI solutions
  Met ~10 startups that want to sell to @bolna_dev
  Met Motilal Oswal himself

  Still searching for lunch

  

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  The only offer in the day's corpus a visitor could use without meeting anybody.

  Abhishek Singh 4h

  TransUnion CIBIL stall at GFF 2026 — unlock an exclusive discount on your CIBIL subscription! 🚀

  🎟️ Use coupon code: CIBILGFF20

  #GFF2026 #TransUnionCIBIL #CIBIL #Fintech #CreditScore

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  Devcon is the Ethereum Foundation's own conference, and its team spent Day 2 at a fintech fest whose three pillars do not include crypto. Day 1's only real argument here was about exactly that.

  Satyaki 4h

  gm from GFF 2026

  if you’re around say 👋 to the @EFDevcon india team

  

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  Named Fintech Startup of the Year. It is the only award anyone in the day's corpus posted about.

  Dhan - Made for Trade 3h

  Fintech Startup of the Year by @GffFintechfest 🏆

  Grateful to every trader and investor who has trusted Dhan and been part of our journey.

  This recognition belongs to you as much as it belongs to us. And as always, always believe something wonderful is about to happen!

  

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  The only general view of the exhibition hall anyone published on Day 2.

  IANS 3h

  Mumbai, Maharashtra: Visuals from the pavilion at Global Fintech Fest 2026, where several companies and organisations, including PhonePe, NPCI and RBI, have set up stalls showcasing their presence at the event

  

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  SBI Securities 3h

  Global FinTech Fest 2026 is officially underway and Day 1 has been a fantastic start!

  The day brought meaningful conversations, enthusiastic participation and an opportunity for visitors to experience some of the AI-led innovations and interactive experiences at the SBI booth.

  From AI vs Human to creating avatars and taking part in our games, the response has been encouraging- with visitors stepping in, trying something new and engaging with the experiences we’ve put together.

  Thank you to everyone who joined us today. We look forward to seeing you at GFF tomorrow as we continue the conversations and experiences.

  Disclaimer: http://bit.ly/3I3DzpV

  #GFF2026 #GlobalFintechFest #SBISecurities #Day1Highlights

  

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  Punjab National Bank 3h

  Join PNB at Global Fintech Fest 2026 and experience the ideas and innovations shaping the next era of banking.

  📍 Jio World Centre, Mumbai | Booth E1, Hall–Pavilion 1
  🗓️ 9–11 September 2026
  Visit us and explore the future of banking.

  #PNB #GlobalFintechFest2026 #GFF2026 #Fintech #DigitalBanking #BankingInnovation

  

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  FirstHive 3h

  Day 1 at @GffFintechfest wrapped.

  Meaningful conversations, fresh perspectives & great connections with BFSI and tech leaders.

  Thank you for visiting FirstHive!

  📍Booth 019 Pavilion Hall

  #gff2026 #globalfintechfest2026 #firsthive #bfsi #customerdata

  

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  5paisa 2h

  Day 1 at Global Fintech Fest 2026 was all about conversations, connections and insights. 🚀

  Here’s a look at the highlights. See you tomorrow!

  📍 Booth JB-3-4, Jio Convention Centre, Mumbai

  

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  InCred 2h

  Day 1 at GFF — and we’re just getting started! 🚀

  It’s been an exciting first day at the Global Fintech Fest 2026, connecting with the fintech ecosystem, exchanging ideas, and being part of conversations shaping the future of finance and technology.

  But there’s still more to come! 2 days to go — come meet us at our booth and say hello.

  📍 Booth V25 | Ground Floor
  📅 8th–11th September | Jio World Centre, Mumbai

  See you at GFF! ✨

  #GlobalFintechFest #GFF2026 #Fintech #Finance #Technology
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The other story

Nobody in the day's corpus complained about anything inside the fest. One person complained about getting to it.

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  Thirty minutes stuck in BKC outside the Jio World Convention Centre, addressed to the traffic police and the Chief Minister. It is the only complaint about anything in the day's corpus, and what he asks for is AI cameras to read the traffic pattern, at a fest about AI.

  Mohit Goel 4h

  @MTPHereToHelp @narendramodi @Dev_Fadnavis @mieknathshinde Pathetic traffic in BKc stuck mear Jio Convention centre for 30mins why cant it be planned better??? GFF is on innovation on Tech and we are not able to mange traffic ,use AI camera to identify traffic pattern and improve