New Delhi: overall investments in electronics production zone in India, one of the international‘s biggestconsumer electronics marketplace, has crossed Rs. 1.28 lakh crore, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated on Tuesday.

“whilst our authorities came (in 2014), the entire investment in electronics production was around Rs.eleven,700 crore and as of two days ago it is Rs. 1,28,000 crore plus,” Prasad stated.

government became operating closer to making India a hub for electronics production, wherein the Centre and states ought to play a essential part, he introduced.

Prasad stated India is fast adopting generation and the u . s . a . is likely to have half of one thousand million net customers via the quit of this 12 months.

“It took 2.5–three years for internet customers to head from 2 hundred to 300 million. It has taken a yr toreach four hundred million and when net provider vendors stated we’ve reached 400 million, i was reallyamazed. I assume the target of 500 million via 2017… perhaps this will come with the aid of this 12 months–end,” he stated.

speaking on the digital India summit organised by means of times community right here, the ministersaid the authorities‘s aim is to not best create a virtual enabled society, however also a digitally- empowered and enlightened India.

He similarly said Indians first watch generation, then they adopt it, then begin taking part in it after which they become enlightened and empowered.

Enumerating NDA government‘s achievements, Prasad said: “these days India has a thousand million pluscell telephone (customers, 990 million have Aadhaar card. government has saved close to Rs. 50,000 crore by at once giving subsidy to Aadhaar-enabled bank money owed.”

on the boom of eCommerce in India, the minister said 60 in keeping with cent of the catchment vicinity of the rapidly expanding on line market inside the u . s . a . is from small towns.

on the authorities‘s ambitious programme of connecting 2.50 lakh gram panchayats via optical fibrenetwork, he said as of now pipes were laid throughout 1.30 lakh kms and optical fibre has been laid over 1.10 lakh kms.

when all gram panchayats are connected thru the broadband network, then e-enterprise, e-education, e-fitness and other tasks can be started out in villages, he brought.

On government‘s goal to open BPOs in small towns, Prasad said seventy eight agencies have proveninterest to set up BPO operations at 190 places throughout the united states for about 1,25,000 seats.

The government had authorised ‘India BPO merchandising Scheme’ (IBPS) for selling BPO/ITeS operations throughout India with an outlay of about Rs. 493 crore for the duration of the last length of12th 5 12 months Plan – as much as March 31, 2017.

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story first posted on: March 22, 2016 15:32 (IST)

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