Government has approve setting up of 25,000 new towers in the next 500 days with an investment of Rs. 26,000 crore with an objective to ensure connectivity to every corner of the country, Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology and Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.
Ashwini Vaishnaw made the announcement at the three-day long “Digital India Conference of State IT Ministers” that began on 1st October 2022, and conclude.
The detail discussions on key priority areas of Digital India initiatives were held with States and Union Territories under the chairmanship of Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Minister of state for Communications 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, participate in the event.
In his concluding remarks, Ashwini Vaishnaw state that the connectivity is vital for the Digital India and its reach to every corner of the country.
Ashwini Vaishnaw announce that Rs. 26,000 crore has approve to install 25,000 new towers in next 500 days, according to an official statement release by the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulate all states and UTs for their speedy onboarding at PM Gati Shakti.
He also share that the special assistance to states for capital expenditure worth Rs. 2,000 crore has support.
Ashwini Vaishnaw encourage the states to be proactive and make business friendly policies to attract businesses in their states.
Emphasising on the motto of Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikas, Ashwini Vaishnaw state that the commitments from all states and UTs, large as well as small states, are vital in taking Digital India to higher level and in realising the AatmaNirbhar Bharat and Trillion Dollar Digital Economy.
MeitY organise 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, Alkesh Kumar Sharma encourage the States and UTs to align their policies in sync with the policies publish and in-making by the Central Government.
Alkesh Kumar Sharma 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.
MeitY organize 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’.
