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Digital India

GUJARAT TO BECOME HUB

FOR SEMI-CONDUCTOR

CHIP MANUFACTURING

India has shown the world that the
effective use of technology can bring
revolutionary changes for the benefit of
humanity with its flagship scheme Digital
India. This campaign, which started eight
years ago, has been expanding with the
changing times. This is the reason that
today 40 percent of the world's digital
transactions take place in India. The
transparency that has come from Digital
India has freed the poor and middle
class from corruption at many levels.
Now India is moving ahead as a semi-
conductor chip manufacturing hub. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched several
initiatives related to Digital India with
the inauguration of Digital India Week in
Gandhinagar on 4th July.

oday the Indian economy is setting new It was only 8-10 years ago when there used to be a
dimensions due to the rapid growth in digital queue for a birth certificate, bill submission, ration,
Ttransactions. Today every section of society admission, result, and banks too, now India has
is benefiting from the ease of transactions with one found the remedy to those long queues through the
click through mobile phones. Gurcharan Singh is a online medium of Digital India.
businessman. He says, “Today is the era of buttons. Today, various facilities like life certificates for
Today every customer asks- Where is the QR code? senior citizens, reservations, banking, etc. have
At the same time, the facility of the Common Service become accessible, fast, and affordable by going
Center (CSC) under the Digital India campaign has digital.
made the life of common people much easier. This Inaugurating the Digital India Week 2022 in
has also provided a better means of livelihood to Gandhinagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
the people living in rural areas at the local level. while stating the importance of Digital India said
Rishi Raj, CSC Director of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, that with the passage of time, the country which
says, “Due to this, people have got employment does not adopt modern technology, time moves
and rural areas have got facilities. People from ahead leaving it behind. India was a victim of this
our rural areas used to go outside to get their work during the Third Industrial Revolution. But today
done. Now their work gets done here. People are we can proudly say that India is guiding the
very happy with this." Actually, Digital India has world in the fourth industrial revolution- Industry
brought a positive change in the lives of the people. 4.0. The Prime Minister said, “I am glad that this

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