Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi:Reviving his campaign promise to bridge India’s digital divide backed by over $70 billion in investment pledges.
Launching a “Digital India Week” aimed at popularizing the government’s push to connect 250,000 villages by 2019, Modi spoke of the need to boost local manufacturing of electronics – the country’s largest import after oil.
“Why can’t we make quality electronic goods that are globally competitive?” Modi said in a speech to a packed 14,000-seater indoor stadium, highlighting his goal of ending net technology and electronics imports by 2020.
India’s first cyber premier, Modi has used social media and particularly Twitter, where he has 13 million followers, to style himself as a leader in touch with technology.
