India is creating a modern digital infrastructure, and ensuring that benefits of digital revolution reach everyone, PM Modi noted.
New India is connecting and empowering its citizens with technology. The budget of our government has emphasised on increasing the ease of living, with the help of technology. The government’s policy interventions are now showing results.
Technology was basis of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ & due to this many poor started getting rations. Many depts can use technology to meet global standards of service. Technology was basis of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ & due to this many poor people started getting rations. The tech-enabled platform CoWIN played a key role during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today every citizen of India is clearly feeling this change that now it is so easy to communicate with the government.
He said 21st century is technology-driven, and one can’t restrict it to just digital, internet technology.
Technology is being used to make tax system faceless to address problems faced by taxpayers.
“We used technology to make the tax system faceless, and to address problems faced by taxpayers,” he said adding technology is being leveraged to usher in a qualitative difference in the lives of Indian citizens.
He said technologies like 5G and AI (Artificial Intelligence) are leading conversations now and poised to transform areas like medicine, education, agriculture, and many other sectors.
The Prime Minister exhorted stakeholders to identify 10 problem areas facing the common man which can be solved using AI.