PM Modi highlights digital connectivity's role in education, healthcare
2 weeks, 4 days ago

PM Modi highlights digital connectivity's role in education, healthcare

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at a post-budget webinar centered around employment generation and investment in people, the economy, and innovation. One of the major sessions on 'Broadband Connectivity to Government Secondary Schools and Primary Health Centres' showcased the revolutionary effect of digital programs in rural India. The programme is designed to overcome the digital divide by increasing e-learning, virtual labs, telemedicine, and electronic health records to provide quality education and healthcare accessibility. The government has made broadband connectivity a priority under the BharatNet initiative for government schools and Primary Health Centres in rural India. Scindia added that broadband connectivity would empower rural citizens through digital education, healthcare services, and economic opportunities.

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PM Modi shares key highlights of Indias transformative achievements in 2024 | Check details
2 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi shares key highlights of Indias transformative achievements in 2024 | Check details

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a series of tweets marking the end of 2024, reflected on the significant strides made by India in various sectors over the past year. Rural development and empowerment Since the onset of Modi’s government in 2014, a key focus has been improving the lives of people in rural India. With 4G connectivity reaching over 6 …

India's Telecom Story: A Global Case Study in Digital Governance
5 months, 1 week ago

India's Telecom Story: A Global Case Study in Digital Governance

Hindustan Times  

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the country's telecom story as a case study for the world and called for international frameworks and guidelines to be drawn up for digital technologies. He emphasized the need for a 'rules-based framework' to create safe digital ecosystems in an increasingly interconnected world. Modi highlighted India's technological journey, claiming that the country has …

PM Modi Emphasizes Youth Empowerment and Women's Inclusion in Annual NCC-PM Rally
1 year, 1 month ago

PM Modi Emphasizes Youth Empowerment and Women's Inclusion in Annual NCC-PM Rally

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described youths as the architect of a developed India and highlighted a host of measures taken by his government to assert that it has empowered them and women. The number of women in Central security forces has doubled in the last 10 years, the Prime Minister said and added that states are …

Modi hails Digital India's solutions
1 year, 7 months ago

Modi hails Digital India's solutions

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India's diversity makes it an ideal testing ground for solutions and added that solutions that succeed in India can easily be replicated worldwide. Speaking at the G20 Digital Economy Ministers' Meet, held in Bengaluru via video message, Modi also highlighted that India's digital public infrastructure offers scalable, secure, and inclusive …

Use Good Elements of Technology to Transform Society: Minister Vaishnaw on AI, and Expanding Indian IT
2 years ago

Use Good Elements of Technology to Transform Society: Minister Vaishnaw on AI, and Expanding Indian IT

News 18  

“Today, India is being recognised as the highest AI talent concentration country”, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at News18 Chaupal on Monday, adding that the country is also at the chairmanship of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence – an initiative to advance human-centric and AI development. He stressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital India, which was launched …

Digital SETU bridging the India-Bharat gap
2 years ago

Digital SETU bridging the India-Bharat gap

Hindustan Times  

In Ramayana, Ram built the Ram Setu — a bridge to reach Lanka and rescue Sita from Ravana. India today is laying another bridge, the Digital SETU, which employs advanced-yet-affordable technology to bridge the gap between India and Bharat. At the end of 2022, UPI transactions reached more than four times the collective digital transactions of four big economies, the …

Digital tech will reach everyone in society: PM Modi
2 years ago

Digital tech will reach everyone in society: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India of the 21st century is constantly empowering its citizens with the use of technology. Addressing a post-budget webinar on "Unleashing the Potential: Ease of Living Using Technology", fifth in a series of 12 post-budget webinars, the Prime Minister said that India is constantly empowering its citizens with the use …

Modi govt launches Digital Health Incentive Scheme under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
2 years, 3 months ago

Modi govt launches Digital Health Incentive Scheme under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

Op India  

On December 22, Thursday, the National Health Authority announced a Digital Health Incentive Scheme for the stakeholders in the health sector. As per a press release issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, this scheme aims to boost health transactions in India under the flagship Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission scheme. Notably, NHA on December 17 informed that over …

‘Many people made fun of my Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision’: PM Modi at 5G launch
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Many people made fun of my Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision’: PM Modi at 5G launch

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the 5G technology in India and said this is a major step in the vision of Digital India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Talking about the 4 pillars of Digital India, PM Modi said, "We emphasised the price of the digital device, the connectivity, the price of data and the vision of digital first." 'Even …

India has eliminated all queues by going online: PM
2 years, 8 months ago

India has eliminated all queues by going online: PM

Deccan Chronicle  

Gandhinagar: Praising the role of digital technology in changing the lives of people of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India has eliminated queues or lines by going online and offering a host of services. Highlighting the importance of his government's Digital India Mission, Modi said time will not wait for a country which does not adopt …

Democracies Must Ensure Cryptocurrency Doesn't End Up in Wrong Hands: PM Modi
3 years, 4 months ago

Democracies Must Ensure Cryptocurrency Doesn't End Up in Wrong Hands: PM Modi

The Quint  

The PM said that "as a democracy and digital leader", India was ready to work with partners "for our shared prosperity and security". We're on our way to connecting 600,00 villages; We used technology to deliver over 1.1 billion doses of vaccines across India using Cowin and Aarogya Setu," he said. "We are transforming people's lives by using digital technology …

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
3 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

The Hindu  

A campaign of strengthening health facilities that had been going for the last seven years was entering a new phase today, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission via videoconferencing on Monday. “Today we are launching a mission that has the potential of bringing a revolutionary change in India’s health facilities”, he stated. The Ayushman …

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to bring revolutionary changes in health facilities: PM Modi
3 years, 5 months ago

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to bring revolutionary changes in health facilities: PM Modi

India TV News  

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission has the power to bring a revolutionary change in India's health facilities, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching the campaign on Monday. Happy that Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is being started nationwide from today," said PM Modi. PM Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission through video conferencing on Monday. The pilot project of Ayushman …

Govt Plans Mega Drive to Brief Villagers About Benefits of Broadband Internet at Doorstep - News18
3 years, 6 months ago

Govt Plans Mega Drive to Brief Villagers About Benefits of Broadband Internet at Doorstep - News18

News 18  

Does a villager know how they can benefit from broadband internet being delivered to their doorstep by the Narendra Modi government? “The objective of the campaigns is to generate awareness about BharatNet and to promote its advantages and benefits to the public and showcase the intended benefits to rural population in terms of awareness and affordable access to government welfare …

This decade will be ‘India’s techade’, says PM Modi
3 years, 8 months ago

This decade will be ‘India’s techade’, says PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that data and demographic dividend combined with India’s proven tech prowess presents massive opportunity for the country, and exuded confidence that this decade will be ‘India’s techade’. Speaking at a virtual event to mark the completion of six years of Digital India, Mr. Modi said India is also conscious of its responsibilities as …

6 Years of Digital India: How Successful has PM Modi's Plan Been?
3 years, 8 months ago

6 Years of Digital India: How Successful has PM Modi's Plan Been?

The Quint  

Yet, initiatives under Digital India have been frequently beset with implementation issues, sometimes due to the lack of backing legislation and policy, often due to poor planning and foresight. With the Personal Data Protection Bill mired in controversy, and no coherent national encryption policy, nor any robust cybersecurity measures, the Aadhaar database has been hit by multiple breaches. Unsecured public …

Tele-consultation, Online Test Reports & Payments: PM Modi Reviews National Digital Health Mission
3 years, 9 months ago

Tele-consultation, Online Test Reports & Payments: PM Modi Reviews National Digital Health Mission

News 18  

Chairing a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the National Digital Health Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it will bring ease of living for citizens as they can avail a large number of health services via it. The PMO said Modi directed that steps be expedited to expand operations under the NDHM, noting that the platform’s utility to …

'PM- WANI is the right tool to achieve the objectives of creating millions of inter-operable Wi-Fi Hotspots in India': Consumer Voice Advisor
4 years, 3 months ago

'PM- WANI is the right tool to achieve the objectives of creating millions of inter-operable Wi-Fi Hotspots in India': Consumer Voice Advisor

Firstpost  

It took almost seven years after the internet was first thrown open to the public in 1995 to reach 1 percent of India’s population, and another nine years for this figure to cross 10 percent. According to TRAI, “providing carrier-grade Wi-Fi is a challenge due to inadequacy of associated infrastructure such as power availability, operating conditions, and seamless hand-offs which …

From a digital India to a digital Bharat
4 years, 3 months ago

From a digital India to a digital Bharat

The Hindu  

̥The term ‘game changer’ is sometimes used too freely in the context of conversations related to policy, especially when it comes to government policy initiatives. This provides for “Public Wi-Fi Networks by Public Data Office Aggregators to provide public Wi-Fi service through Public Data Offices spread across length and breadth of the country to accelerate proliferation of Broadband Internet services …

PM-WANI Announced by Indian Govt to Bring Free Public Internet Access for All
4 years, 3 months ago

PM-WANI Announced by Indian Govt to Bring Free Public Internet Access for All

News 18  

The Indian government has announced the launch of PM-WANI, a cross-nation public Wi-Fi access system that will aim to provide free, easy to access internet connectivity for all. PM-WANI, or Prime Minister W-Fi Access Network Interface, will be set up as a service that connects all of India to internet services, and comes a day after Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh …

Digital India now a way of life, says Modi
4 years, 4 months ago

Digital India now a way of life, says Modi

The Hindu  

Digital 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 …

Bihar to become first state to connect all villages by Optical Fibre Internet
4 years, 6 months ago

Bihar to become first state to connect all villages by Optical Fibre Internet

Op India  

In a major boost to internet connectivity in Bihar, PM Modi today inaugurated an infrastructure project to connect all 45,945 villages across the state of Bihar with Optical Fibre Internet Service. PM Modi added that in the next 1,000 days six lakh villages across the country will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service. Bihar will also become the first …

Renewed Digital India push: PM assures OFC to each village in 3 years
4 years, 7 months ago

Renewed Digital India push: PM assures OFC to each village in 3 years

India TV News  

Renewed Digital India push: PM assures OFC to each village in 3 years Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that every village in the country will be connected by the optical fibre cable in the next 1,000 days, nearly 3 years. Giving a new fillip to the Digital India vision Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that every …

PM talks Atmanirbhar Bharat, National Digital Health Mission, Ayodhya on I-Day
4 years, 7 months ago

PM talks Atmanirbhar Bharat, National Digital Health Mission, Ayodhya on I-Day

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: From training 1 lakh National Cadet Corps cadets from border and coastal districts to boosting domestic manufacturing as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi covered the gamut of India’s geo-political spectrum and its challenges in his seventh Independence Day speech. The Centre is also reconsidering the minimum age of marriage for girls in India, Modi …

Villages Across India to Get Fiber Internet in The Next 1000 Days: PM Modi
4 years, 7 months ago

Villages Across India to Get Fiber Internet in The Next 1000 Days: PM Modi

News 18  

Marking the completion of 73 years of India's independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that over 6 lakh villages of India will get high-speed internet via optical fibers in the next 1000 days. In the coming 1,000 days, every village in the country will be connected with optical fiber," said PM Modi. The biggest announcement made by PM @narendramodi in …

25 years of mobility in India & the future that lies ahead
4 years, 7 months ago

25 years of mobility in India & the future that lies ahead

Hindustan Times  

On July 31, 1995, India made history as the first mobile phone call was made by then West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and erstwhile Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram. “In the last 25 years, the telecom sector has witnessed tremendous transformation – in connecting a billion citizens by 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G, ushering in several disruptive technological developments …

Digital India should be leveraged to transform rural areas: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
5 years, 5 months ago

Digital India should be leveraged to transform rural areas: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Firstpost  

New Delhi: 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. “I want Digital India platform to transform rural India and create aspirations in tier 3 and tier 4 cities and towns,” the Minister said. Citing success stories of technology platforms …

Digital India: How the Modi govt took massive strides in turning India into a digitally empowered economy
5 years, 11 months ago

Digital India: How the Modi govt took massive strides in turning India into a digitally empowered economy

Op India  

A push towards a Digitally empowered economy by PM Narendra Modi is giving rise to many products based on the 3 building blocks of Digital India. ‘Digital India’ is a step by the Modi government to inspire and connect Indian Economy to such a knowledge savvy world to techno knowledge savvy world. The vision of Digital India Digital India has …

The Wire publishes a malicious article to defame Modi’s ambitious BharatNet project
6 years, 4 months ago

The Wire publishes a malicious article to defame Modi’s ambitious BharatNet project

Op India  

Recently, a report was published on the leftist propaganda website The Wire, about low Internet usage and active connections in rural areas. The binding commitment of the project entailed laying 3 lakh kilometres of the optical fibre to connect all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats at a cost of Rs. Since its relaunch, 2,92,304 kilometres of the optical fibre has been …

India requires a better fibre network to increase bandwidth delivery and internet speeds to people: TRAI
7 years ago

India requires a better fibre network to increase bandwidth delivery and internet speeds to people: TRAI

Firstpost  

The TRAI has suggested the government to implement the BharatNet project — an initiative to provide high-speed broadband connections to all panchayats. India requires more of fiber network to increase bandwidth delivery and better internet speed to the people, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairman R.S. We have to figure out a way of how to create a fibered or …

Digital India succeeding because of people's pull, says PM Modi
7 years, 1 month ago

Digital India succeeding because of people's pull, says PM Modi

India TV News  

Digital India succeeding because of people's pull, says PM Modi PM Modi highlighted the power and potential of technology during the conference and India's role in digital innovation. It enables small and medium enterprises to compete in meeting the procurement requirements of the Government: PM # We have come a long way with the convergence of Make In India & …

Government plans new telecom policy by February 2018
7 years, 4 months ago

Government plans new telecom policy by February 2018

India TV News  

The Department of Telecommunications is planning to finalise the new telecom policy by February 2018, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said here on Tuesday. Talking about BharatNet, the flagship project of the government to provide broadband services in rural and remote areas, the minister said telecom service providers have come forward for utilising the BharatNet connectivity. Sinha said in order to …

India can't afford digital divide: PM Modi
7 years, 5 months ago

India can't afford digital divide: PM Modi

ABP News  

Gandhinagar, October 07 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on the need to bridge the digital divide in the country and said India can't afford it. Prime Minister Modi said, "The country cannot afford to have a digital divide in this day and age." Prime Minister Modi also advised the students not to get trapped in the exam-oriented …

Digital India guarantees transparency, good governance: PM at Gandhinagar
7 years, 5 months ago

Digital India guarantees transparency, good governance: PM at Gandhinagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed upon the benefits of going digital and said that work was underway to spread digital literacy to every part of India. Modi said, "Work is underway to spread digital literacy to every part of India, among all age groups." Modi further said, "A Digital India guarantees transparency, effective service delivery and good …

Budget 2017: Bharat Net allocation moves up to Rs 10,000 cr for 2017-18
8 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2017: Bharat Net allocation moves up to Rs 10,000 cr for 2017-18

Firstpost  

Under the Bharat Net, optical fibre has been laid in 1,55,000 kms New Delhi: The allocation for the ambitious Bharat Net project is being stepped up to Rs 10,000 crore in 2017-18 and high-speed broadband on optical fibre will be available in over 1.5 lakh gram panchayats with hotspots and access to digital services at low tariffs, Finance Minister Arun …

5 problems with teachers in rural areas which are blocking India's educational growth
8 years, 1 month ago

5 problems with teachers in rural areas which are blocking India's educational growth

India Today  

One of the biggest concerns of educators across the world, and especially in India, is making the present generation learners future-ready. The main problem India now faces is that all the pedagogical innovations are fit to improve the quality of urban education while the rural learners and their education remain largely neglected. With 65 per cent of the population residing …

Digital India needs to go local
9 years, 5 months ago

Digital India needs to go local

The Hindu  

Digital India is the flavour of the season, and not without any reason. The former group of people would see >Government of India’s flagship Digital India programme as an opportunity to include digital infrastructure in the same category of public goods as roads and electricity and, hence, push for laying more broadband cables, creating more Wi-Fi hot-spots and freeing up …

From Sundar Pichai to Tim Cook, here’s what Silicon Valley’s gurus said about Modi and Digital India
9 years, 5 months ago

From Sundar Pichai to Tim Cook, here’s what Silicon Valley’s gurus said about Modi and Digital India

Firstpost  

Here’s what the tech titans from Silicon Valley had to say about PM Modi and Digital India. Modi addressed a gathering of Silicon Valley CEOs, visited Google and met newly-appointed CEO Sundar Pichai, participated in a Town Hall at the Facebook offices with Mark Zuckerberg, held meetings with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Apple CEO Tim Cook and electric car manufacturer Tesla’s …

'Digital India', an enterprise to transform India: PM Modi
9 years, 5 months ago

'Digital India', an enterprise to transform India: PM Modi

India TV News  

Silicon Valley: 'Digital India' is an enterprise to transform India in a scale unmatched anywhere in the world and it has the potential to make development truly inclusive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. "Digital India is an enterprise for India's transformation on a scale that is, perhaps, unmatched in human history," Modi said while speaking about his ambitious Digital …

PM Modi to launch Digital India Week - India TV News
9 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi to launch Digital India Week - India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Digital India Week on July 1 here aiming to encourage involvement and creating awareness about the field. The Digital India programme is meant to gave an impetus to the progress of e-governance and would promote inclusive growth in areas of electronic services, products, devices and manufacturing. Industry leaders likely to join …

Modi to launch Digital India programme on July 1 |IndiaTV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Modi to launch Digital India programme on July 1 |IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on July 1 launch the ambitious 'Digital India' programme with top industry leaders like Mukesh Ambani, Satya Nadella, Cyrus Mistry and Azim Premji in attendance. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, RIL Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani, whose company Reliance Jio Infocomm is scheduled to launch 4G services by December, Tata Group chairman Cyrus …

Finally! India to appoint CIOs to drive ambitious 'Digital India' initiative
10 years, 6 months ago

Finally! India to appoint CIOs to drive ambitious 'Digital India' initiative

Firstpost  

The new posts of ‘Chief Information Officers’ would be created in at least 10 key ministries to supervise the implementation. The government will appoint nodal officers at key ministries to ensure smooth implementation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious over Rs 1 lakh crore ‘Digital India’ programme. Department of Electronics and Information Technology would also create four senior positions within …

India to connect 2.5 lakh Panchayats through broadband
10 years, 8 months ago

India to connect 2.5 lakh Panchayats through broadband

India TV News  

Bangalore: India will build a broadband highway connecting 2.5 lakh panchayats across the country in the next three years to provide a host of public services, Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target of providing broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh local bodies across the country over the …

The NaMo factor in the digital economy
10 years, 10 months ago

The NaMo factor in the digital economy

The Hindu  

On a warm Thursday morning in New Delhi, Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi made a bold pitch for IT becoming the face of India, and, in the process, coined the Twitter-friendly phrase ‘India Talent ’ + ‘Information Technology ’ is equal to ‘India Tomorrow ’. And thus you have the ‘connecting 2.5 lakh gram panchayats through broadband’ scheme and the …

Digital Empowerment: Connecting the last miles
12 years, 7 months ago

Digital Empowerment: Connecting the last miles

Firstpost  

For us city dwellers, connectivity that makes our lives rather simple, is a given. We use it more as a community based network, where we have taken one connection and share it among the multiple users on a contribution basis.” They train the locals the nitty-gritty of wireless networking and its maintenance While using wireless technology made perfect sense, what …

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