Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the ‘Digital India’ mission launched by the Centre five years ago is not any longer being seen as a daily government initiative and it’s instead become some way of life. “Thanks to Digital India, our nation has witnessed a more human-centric approach to development. Using technology at such an oversized scale has led to several life changes for our citizens. The advantages are for everybody to determine,” the Prime Minister said while inaugurating the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2020. Modi said the govt. has successfully created a marketplace for digital and tech solutions. It’s made technology a key a part of all schemes. “Our governance model is ‘Technology First’,” he said. Bringing to spotlight the importance of technology amid the coronavirus pandemic, Modi said, “At the height of the lockdown, it absolutely was technology that ensured that India’s poor received proper and quick assistance. The size of this relief has few parallels.” The Prime Minister said that when it involves technology, the way ahead lies in learning and growing together and following the approach, several incubation centres are opening in India. He also pointed to the culture of hackathons which are organised in India over the past few years. Talking about the transition from industrial to the knowledge era, Modi said, “Achievements of the economic era are within the rear-view mirror, and now, we are within the middle of the knowledge era. Future is coming previous anticipated. Within the industrial era, change was linear. But within the information era, change is disruptive.” He said that within the industrial era first-movers had a bonus over others. However, within the information era the best-mover races ahead, Modi said. Hailing India’s IT sector, the Prime Minister said, “Our local tech solutions have the potential to travel global. It’s time for tech-solutions that are Designed in India but Deployed for the globe.”

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