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| Ratan Tata Launches Internet Initia |
| Ratan Tata Launches Internet Initiative for Women
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| INDIA
, 3-July-2015
6:46:25 AM |
| A digitally connected India will bring "tremendous power" in the hands of citizens by connecting them to the rest of the world, Ratan Tata said today, lauding the government's 'Digital India' programme.
"I'm delighted that the Prime Minister has decided to give so much preference and priority to the fact that India will be a digitised nation," Mr Tata said in Mumbai at the launch of an initiative to deepen Internet usage among rural women.
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Tata Trusts, chaired by Ratan Tata, has tied up with Google and Intel to help women access the Internet in large numbers under this initiative.
"Internet will help educate India, will give access to livelihood to many women who do not have a formal livelihood, help reach out commerce to far parts of India," he said.
The three-way initiative comes on the heels of Digital India programme launched on Wednesday by Prime Minister Modi, who pitched for a digital revolution in the country.
Mr Modi also exhorted the industry to boost domestic production of electronic devices, which account for second largest imports, under the 'Make in India' programme.
Country's top industrial houses have pledged to invest over Rs. 4.5 lakh crore under 'Digital India'.
Reminiscing how people were forced to wait for up to 10 years to get a phone connection during his childhood, Mr Tata said deeper penetration of the phone has empowered the entire population now.
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