Digital India now a way of life, says Modi
The HinduDigital India mission, launched five years ago, was not being seen as any regular government initiative and had now become a way of life, especially for the poor and marginalised and those in the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Addressing the summit, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said India and Australia have unlimited possibilities of working together in space research, critical minerals, 5G, Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing and much more. Once property rights are given, technology solutions can ensure prosperity.” Cybersecurity solutions With rapid increase of tech use, data protection as well as cybersecurity became very important, the Prime Minister pointed out. He called on the youth to play a big role in devising robust cybersecurity solutions which, he noted, could effectively “vaccinate digital products against cyber attacks and viruses.” He said, “We are in the middle of information era and change was ‘disruptive and big’. Highlighting the differences between the industrial age and the information age, he said that in the information era, the first mover did not matter; the best mover did, and “anyone can make a product any time that disrupts all existing equations of the market.” In the industrial era, boundaries mattered but the information era was “all about going beyond boundaries.” Technology was also setting the pace for the defence sector to evolve, Mr. Modi said adding that from software to drones to UAVs, technology was redefining the defence sector.