India’s Digital India Vision is poised for a big leap. The nation is readying to invest Rs 26,000 crore to install new 25,000 towers in next 500 days, to boost the penetration of IT and access to digital services across India. This was revealed by The IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during the three days long Digital India Conference of State IT Ministers which has concluded.
Furthermore, India will extend Support for Special assistance to States for capital expenditure worth Rs 2000 Crore. Morever, IT Rules, Data Governance, Digital India Bhashini, Digital Payment, MyScheme and Meri Pehchaan was high on the agenda during the conference.
Panel Discussions held on promoting startups, emerging technologies, skilling, digital governance, and semiconductor ecosystem threw light on new advancements in the sector, including trends to expect in the future.
Digital India Conference of State IT Minister’s concludes on a high note
The three day long “Digital India Conference of State IT Ministers” began on 1st October 2022 and concluded here yesterday.
On the first day, the detailed discussions on key priority areas of Digital India initiatives were held with States and Union Territories under the chairmanship of the Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw.
It was graced by Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Minister of state for Communications, Shri Devusinh Chauhan and IT Ministers from 12 States and UTs, namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Puducherry.
On the second day i.e., 2nd October 2022, MeitY organized three sessions on important aspects like ‘IT Rules, Online Gaming and Data Governance’, ‘Digital India Bhashini & Digital Payment’, and ‘MyScheme and Meri Pehchaan’. The demo on eligibility / profile based service discovery at MyScheme was shown.
In the concluding remarks, the Secretary, MeitY, Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma encouraged the States and UTs to align their policies in sync with the policies published and in-making by the Central Government. He also said that States and UTs should leverage the latest initiatives of Central Government for improving the citizen centric and business centric services, resulting in further ease of living and ease of doing business.
On the third day, MeitY organized five panel discussions titled ‘Attracting Startups to Tier 2 Cities and Sustaining Them’, ‘Use of Emerging Tech in Public Services’, ‘Making India Talent Nation’, ‘Realization of Digital Government in States’, and ‘Make-in-India for the Globe – India as Semiconductor Nation’.
The keynote speakers included Shri Rohan Verma, CEO, MapMyIndia, Shri Prakash Kumar, CEO, Wadhwani, Ms. Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM, Shri Tanmoy Chakravarty, Senior Government Affairs Officer, Tata Sons and Shri Santhosh Kumar, MD, Texas Instruments. The panel discussion was moderated by Senior Officers from MeitY, and panel consisted of Senior officers from State Governments.
