Union Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad wants IT industry to help India build a ₹60 lakh crore digital economy within four years by creating affordable technology and an inclusive environment
Listing the multi-billion dollar opportunities in areas like IT and IT enabled services, e-commerce, electronics manufacturing, digital payments and cyber security, he said achieving USD 1 trillion digital economy is not a “tall claim”.
The law and IT minister while pointing towards various technology leaders said “I don’t have any doubt that it will become USD 1 trillion in 7 years. My humble request is why to wait for 7 years. Can we do it in 3-4 years?” He also focuses on the country’s need to develop its own model for digital development.
Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar, Google India’s Rajan Anandan, Wipro’s Rishad Premji, Hike Messenger CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal and many others have attended the meeting on building India as the digital economy.
Prasad also said, “Create a technology which is affordable, create the infrastructure which is developmental, create an environment which is inclusive”. He also added that companies should voluntarily make India a hub of low- cost technology for cyber security.