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Young India

Tech + Digital India
YOUTH GOT THE SUPPORT OF TRANSPARENCY

Innovative India is being empowered by Digital India and the power of technology. This tech revolution
has increased the speed and scale of development projects manifold. Arogya Setu and CoWIN have
shown the way in the Covid period. More than 75 lakh students are innovating by joining more than 10
thousand Atal Tinkering Labs. Rs 2.73 lakh crore was saved from corruption by the use of DBT. The Fintech
revolution has increased the ease of life, eliminating the network of middlemen. The strong pillars of New
India, Digital India and technology have got the support of transparency for the youth to move forward.

India leading the digital revolution

Over More than
crore Aadhaar cards have Over Crore internet users, India
lakh crore goods were
135 been generated 80 was the second largest
4.23 ordered on GeM, over 31
online market in the world
More than lakh products and over
49 crore new PM Jan Dhan Yojana 2.5 lakh services available 40 crore Ayushman Bharat
Over
accounts were opened.
digital accounts.

n 1GB data for Rs 10, among the cheapest data countries in the world.
n 2 lakh gram panchayats were connected by laying optical fiber under Bharat Net.
n 35% of adults had bank accounts in 2014, now more than 90%.
n More than 562 crore documents were delivered digitally.
n Over 5.2 crore users registered on UMANG app, more than 22 thousand services available.
n More than Rs 29 lakh crore transferred through DBT, savings of more than Rs 2.73 lakh crore.
n 104 satellites launched in a single flight.

n 335 foreign satellites launched after 2014, earlier only 35 were launched.
n More than 12 crore patients were treated through e-Sanjeevani.
n India ranks 9th in the field of patent filing in the world.

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