It has been a decade of digital transformation, says Nirmala
Nirmala Sitharaman says Mahatma Gandhi fought for freedom from imperialism, and India is now gaining supremacy in digitisation in the fields of banking, healthcare, and agriculture
The benefits of freedom, as envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi, have been accelerated in the past 10 years through the digital transformation brought about by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
The Union Minister was speaking at Shrimati Indira Gandhi College in Tiruchi, after unveiling a statue of the father of the nation at the historic spot under the peepal tree where he had addressed staff and students of what was then the campus of National College High School in 1934.
“Gandhiji fought for freedom from imperialism;
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiling a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Shrimati Indira Gandhi College in Tiruchi on Saturday.
we are now working towards economic independence. India’s presidency of G20 showed our supremacy in digitalisation not just in banking, but also in healthcare and agriculture. Our achievements have made us the cynosure of the world today as a role
model for positive digital growth,” Ms. Sitharaman said.
Students are ambassadors of the advancements that India would achieve by 2047, embodying both a modern temper and the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, the Minister said.
Recalling her days as a student in Tiruchi, Ms. Sitharaman said the city was an important part of the nation’s conscience as a hub of culture, education, and patriotism.
She said empowerment of women had been enabled by technologydriven innovations, especially in rural areas.
“Men may be driving tractors on the fields, but the controls of the drones that spray nutrients and fertilisers on the crops, are in the hands of women,” she said.
Kishore Nagappa, who sculpted the Gandhi statue, and nadaswaram exponents Kasim and Babu were among those felicitated at the gathering.
College CEO K. Chandrasekharan spoke.