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India on the Moon Cover Story

the Jan Dhan Yojana, bank accounts of more
people than the total population of America have
been opened. Prior to 2014, India had 6 crore
users of broadband connectivity. Today, there
are more than 80 crore broadband users. Prior to
2014, there were 25 crore-internet connections in
India. It is now more than 85 crore. Today, India's
digital economy is growing nearly two and a half
times faster than the country's overall economy.
Given the rate of development in India, this
decade has been dubbed "India's Techade," or "the
decade of technology." Every Indian citizen now
understands how simple it is to communicate
with the government. That is, the countrymen can
easily express their concerns to the government
and receive immediate resolution. Tax-related
complaints, for example, were once extremely
common, and as a result, taxpayers were
harassed in a variety of ways. However, with the India achieved a soft landing on the
help of technology, the entire tax process has moon. India is on the moon. Certainly
been rendered faceless. The Mission Karmayogi a huge achievement. Thanks also
provides training to government employees. This
training aims to make employees more people- to the teams of Chandrayaan-1 and
centric. Chandrayaan-2, due to which we are
celebrating Chandrayaan-3 today.
SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
When we understand the social context of We learned a lot from our failure, and
technology, it seems to be a great medium today we are successful. Prime Minister
of empowerment. There was a time when Narendra Modi came to the control
technology was beyond the reach of the ordinary centre to congratulate all of us. He was
Indian. But today, it is available to everyone. emotional about this historic event.
Carrying a credit or debit card in the pocket was
once considered status, but today everyone, from -S. SOMNATH, ISRO CHAIRMAN
street vendors to rickshaw pullers, is using digital

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