Want to make villages digitally literate: Modi
Palaj (Guj), Oct. 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that the country cannot afford to have a “digital divide” and called for bridging this gap to ensure social equality.
Modi also urged the country's youth to take up innovation in a big way and said academics should focus on it instead of being examdriven.
Warning against creation of any digital divide if all people were not digitally empowered, he said, "In this day and age, we cannot afford to have a digital divide. If some are empowered in technology and some not, then this digital divide can create a big problem for social harmony.”
Palaj (Guj), Oct. 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that the country cannot afford to have a “digital divide” and called for bridging this gap to ensure social equality.
“We need to make sincere efforts to avoid the creation of digital divide in our country, where some become experts while some remain completely illiterate about the digital world. We have to work towards bridging this gap for ensuring social equality,” said Mr Modi in his address at the IITGandhinagar while inaugurating its new campus.
Mr Modi said the government aimed at spreading digital literacy across rural India and has launched a programme under which one member of each of the 6 crore families living in villages would be made digitally empowered.
“Technology has become a driving force in itself. If user friendly technology is introduced then we can take the country on the path of digital literacy,” he said.