Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, RS Prasad held a meeting via video conferencing as Digital India completed five years on July 01.
Sixty-seven per cent of digital workers in India said emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) are increasing their effectiveness at work, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.
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Digital India initiative should be leveraged to transform rural India and create avenues for those in smaller towns and cities, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday.
he gift is a digital compilation of Modi's journey so far divided into four chapters - "Childhood, young NaMo, Modi and For the first time since Independence".
As part of its vision of providing a One Government experience to citizens, the Modi government is moving forward rapidly to implement the India Enterprise Architecture (IndEA) --a single window digitisation solution for cashless, paperless and faceless services.
Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Vinod Tawde launched the database portal 'academisthan.com' here on Wednesday.
Outlining an ambitious vision for Digital India 2.0, the minister exhorted Indian IT companies and its apex software body Nasscom to participate in creation of 'Digital Villages' in the country, and supplement the government's efforts in the digital literacy movement.
The Central sector projects are BharatNet to provide affordable broadband services to citizens and institutions in rural areas where the financial outlay was Rs 8,000 crore in last fiscal.
Survey was done by Vivoki India, a research analytics and Knowledge processing startup, in four metros. The sample survey size was 5,000.
Prasad was also shown demonstration of cutting-edge innovations on the Google Campus, along with a glimpse into upcoming features in popular Google products.
These electronic records available on DigiLocker or mParivahan are deemed to be legally recognised at par with the original documents as per the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Asserting that the investment of Rs 60,000 crore is a big amount, PM said the move will help the state government create more than 2.1 lakh direct jobs.
Launched in July 2015, the Digital India programme aims to transform the country into a digitally empowered nation.
The new plans offered by BHIM App will allow customers to get up to Rs 750 cashback every month, while merchants can get cashback up to Rs 1000 per month.
PM Modi highlighted the power and potential of technology during the conference and India's role in digital innovation.
President Ram Nath Kovind said that Kerala, with its inherent resources and strength, was a potential powerhouse of digital India.
PM Modi urged the country's youth to take up innovation in a big way and said academics should focus on it instead of being exam-driven.
International Literacy Day 2017 focusses on the theme of 'Literacy in a digital world'.
The Hackathon required Engineers and IT professionals to solved 598 problems using the innovative technology
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