wordpress blog stats
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Digital India digest: Rs 6000 cr of projects approved under Make in India & more

Ministry of Communications and IT approves Rs.6,000 crore worth projects under the 'Make in India' programme. The Minister of IT and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the ministry had approved Rs 6,000 crore worth of projects under the ‘Make in India’ program, reports WebIndia123. The ministry said it had received proposals worth Rs 20,000 crore, of which the aforementioned amount was approved. According to the minister, research is being done in India, but intellectual property rights are with other countries. Additionally, India imports lots of electronics goods, despite being the second largest smartphone consumer in the world. These are the issues which the Make in India programme hopes to address. 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats are to be connected by National Optic Fiber Network in next 3 years As a part of the ‘Digital India’ initiative 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats are to be connected by the National Optic Fibre Network in the next three years, through seven lakh kilometers of optic fibre cable, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said in a press release. According to Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Digital India programme will try to bridge the gap between infrastructure availability in metros and villages. He also mentioned that the Government plans to create a digital locker for citizens, for storing degree certificates, BPL certificates etc. Government's Digital India project will create over five crore jobs once it is complete The Government's Digital India program will create over five crore jobs on completion, said the Telecom Minister…

Please subscribe/login to read the full story.
Written By

Free Reads

News

The pilot project for which is being launched in 19 cities this year, with a plan to launch a full-fledged rollout next year.

News

Using Google Photos the Israeli Army enhanced the facial recognition technology of Corsight AI which was made to identify Hamas associated people

News

The tech giant will only have a minor stake in Anthropic and hence won't be part of its board.

MediaNama’s mission is to help build a digital ecosystem which is open, fair, global and competitive.

Views

News

NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe recently said that what is not written in regulations is a no-go for fintech entities. But following this advice could...

News

Notably, Indus Appstore will allow app developers to use third-party billing systems for in-app billing without having to pay any commission to Indus, a...

News

The existing commission-based model, which companies like Uber and Ola have used for a long time and still stick to, has received criticism from...

News

Factors like Indus not charging developers any commission for in-app payments and antitrust orders issued by India's competition regulator against Google could contribute to...

News

Is open-sourcing of AI, and the use cases that come with it, a good starting point to discuss the responsibility and liability of AI?...

You May Also Like

News

Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...

Advert

135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...

News

By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...

News

Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...

MediaNama is the premier source of information and analysis on Technology Policy in India. More about MediaNama, and contact information, here.

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ

Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Name:*
Your email address:*
*
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ