PM Narendra Modi to launch ‘Digital India Week’ today

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, July 01 2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the ’Digital India Week’ in the national capital Wednesday with a view to empower the people of the country through the Digital India Programme.

Digital India aims to transform the country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy.

Apart from the event here, 600 districts across the country will organise various programmes to sensitise people about the ongoing activities under the Digital India platform.

While Modi will present the government’s roadmap for digitising India, four industry leaders will make brief remarks on their idea of taking digital revolution to the masses. 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 Mistry and Wipro Chairman Azim Premji will make presentations on the occasion.

Other corporate leaders who are likely to attend the event include Bharti Group chairman Sunil Mittal and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani among others.

With the launch of this programme, the government is taking a big step forward to transform the country into a digitally empowered nation.

The Prime Minister is expected to launch the logo of the programme and also unveil various schemes like Digital Locker, e-eduction and e-health.

The government had last year approved the Digital India programme comprising various projects worth over Rs 1 lakh crore to transform the country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy.

The programme includes projects that aim to ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically and people get benefit of the latest information and communication technology.

The Ministry of Communications and IT is the nodal agency to implement the programme.