India has democratised know-how: PM

For a very long time, know-how was seen as an unique area. It was stated to be just for the excessive and mighty, however India has proven learn how to democratise know-how, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Wednesday whereas addressing the Bengaluru tech summit by way of video conferencing.

India is utilizing know-how as a weapon within the struggle towards poverty, he added.

Citing an instance, the Prime Minister stated that below the Svamitva scheme, “we are using drones to map lands in rural areas. Then, property cards are given to the people. This reduces land disputes. It also helps the poor to access financial services and credit. During COVID-19, many countries were struggling with a problem. They knew people needed help. They knew benefit transfers would help. But they did not have the infrastructure to take the benefits to people. But India showed how technology could be a force for the good. Our Jan Dhan Aadhar Mobile Trinity gave us the power to directly transfer benefits”.

Modi additional added that India has additionally proven learn how to give know-how a human contact. “In India, technology is a force of equality and empowerment. The world’s largest health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat provides a safety net for nearly 200 million families. It means, about 600 million people! This programme is run based on a tech platform. India ran the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccine drive,” he knowledgeable.

The Prime Minister knowledgeable that India has one of many largest on-line repositories of open programs. There are hundreds of programs out there throughout totally different topics. Over 10 million profitable certifications have occurred.

This, he added, is all executed on-line and free. “Our data tariffs are among the lowest in the world. During COVID-19, low data costs helped poor students to attend online classes. Without this, two precious years would have been lost for them,” Modi additional stated.

Highlighting the potential of Indian youth, the prime minister stated, “We are using our talent for global good. Even in India, their impact is being seen. India jumped to the 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index this year. In 2015, we were ranked 81! The number of unicorn start-ups in India has doubled since 2021! We are now the 3rd largest start-up hub in the world. We have over 81,000 recognised startups.”

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