Digital India strives to bring inclusive growth and bridge the digital divide by leveraging technology solutions that are low cost, developmental, transformative and designed to empower ordinary Indians. Four years down the line, the success of Digital India is finding global resonance and its transformative character is being appreciated. Digital services being offered by the government as well as the private sector have improved the life of every citizen. Digital initiatives like smart cities, digitisation of governance, digital villages, high speed internet in every part of India, digital inclusion and digital empowerment shall be fueled by emerging technologies like the internet of things, data analytics and artificial intelligence. We aim to set up one lakh digital villages in the next couple of years.

Source: Indian Express June 30, 2019 20:26 UTC