February 15, 2016 12:11 PM

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Govt aims to transform India into knowledge economy with Digital India initiative: Prasad

Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ravishankar Prasad has said that the government is implementing Digital India programme with a vision to transform India into a digital society and a knowledge economy. He was addressing a sectoral seminar on opportunities in Electronics and Information Technology during the Make in India Week in Mumbai today. Mr. Prasad said that with the demand of electronic hardware expected to rise rapidly to 400 billion US dollors by 2020, India has the potential to become an electronic manufacturing hub. <br/><br/>He said that the Narendra Modi government attaches high priority to promote the manufacturing of electronics in the country. The minister said that electronics manufacturing is one of the important pillars of Digital India programme. The target is to achieve net zero imports by 2020 by creating a level playing field and providing an enabling environment for the industry. Appealing investors to invest in the country, he said that a robust policy system and a friendly government are in place in the country. The government is open to new initiatives, if investors want.

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