Prime Minister Narendra Modi aspires to turn India into a Vishwaguru, or 'teacher to the world'. In a little over a decade India has built a collection of public-facing digital platforms that have transformed its citizens' lives, according to the Economist.
India with 89.5 million digital transactions in the year 2022 topped the list of five countries in digital payments.
"Began the day in Brussels with a Digital & Clean Energy Stakeholder Event. Thank European Commission Executive VP @vestager for convening the meeting," the EAM tweeted on Tuesday.
At the outset, the PM underlined the critical role of semiconductors in today’s world and said; “It is our collective aim to establish India as one of the key partners in global semiconductor supply chains. We want to work in this direction based on the principle of Hi-tech, high quality and high reliability.”
The company is giving away Rs 11 cashback up to three times by sending money to three different contacts via unified payments interface (UPI) on WhatsApp.
Failure to tame corporate power will have disastrous consequences. It will lead to further widening of rich-poor divide and its consequences for democratic politics are not hard to imagine. History tells us that such politics will lead to populism, petty nationalism and extremism
Going digital also brought in the new set of clients, especially the millennials, who were seen buying either for beautifying their homes or looking at art as a viable alternative investment.
On the first day of the Budget Session of Parliament, the President addressed the joint sitting and said, "I would also appreciate the vision of the government for the success of the country's UPI platform in the context of Digital India and the growing spread of the digital economy. In December 2021, more than eight lakh crore rupees have been transacted through UPI in the country."
For all vacant and unassessed properties whose owners are untraceable, the KMC will take over the plot and install a signboard declaring it now belongs to the civic body. The owner of such properties can reclaim their plots by first getting their properties assessed and then paying the tax for it.
It was informed that the National Broadband Mission (NBM) is fast tracking the growth of digital communication infrastructure to bridge the digital divide and facilitate digital empowerment and inclusion while focussing on affordable and universal access of broadband.
