New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that data and demographic dividend combined with India's proven tech prowess presents a 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, Modi said India is also conscious of its responsibilities as a data powerhouse and noted that work is underway on all aspects of data protection.
“Data and demographic dividend present a massive opportunity for India... together, we will be successful in making this decade ‘India's techade’,” Modi said. Modi also spoke - via video conference - to beneficiaries of various schemes of the Digital India programme, including Diksha, eNAM, eSanjeevani solution for telemedicine, DigiBunai and PM SVANidhi scheme.
