New Delhi : Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union Minister of IT & Electronics, has said that the Government is going to transform the Digital India program into more segment-focused one with smarpthones playing a crucial role at the core.


The Minister said that the Government will make digital ecosystem of the country will be different from others, having a complete integration of mobile phones, Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and bank accounts.

"We are going to make a further focused programme. Secretary Aruna Sundararajan herself working it out to make it more focused, centralized and segment wise. A lot of success has been achieved and now we have proposed to make it further focused the entire programme will be known to you shortly," Prasad said on the sidelines of an industry event.

The Minister said that the Government will make digital ecosystem of the country will be different from others, having a complete integration of mobile phones, Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and bank accounts.

"We will empower farmers, education, healthcare and to improve quality of life," he added.

Prasad also said that India's mobile manufacturing industry will be worth Rs 94,000 crore by this fiscal end, having increased by a dramatic 185% over last year in value terms at Rs 54,000 crore.

He said that the focus of the ministry will be towards a complete ecosystem for local manufacturing and taking it to a level where it can become an export hub. "Not only mobile, we have given duty differential in areas of batteries, chargers and many others. It was required to accelerate manufacturing in India," he added.

Also, according to estimates, FDI in electronic manufacturing has touched an all-time high of Rs 1.23 lakh crore in 2016 with investment from 38 mobile manufacturing companies that have generated over 40,000 direct jobs and 1.25 lakh indirect employment.

The Minister said that India is commercially a very promising proposition for players looking to set up manufacturing in India.



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