Wiring villages, bridging gaps, powering new potentialities, ET Authorities
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Wiring villages, bridging gaps, powering new potentialities, ET Authorities

“BharatNet is an ambitious project of the central government to provide broadband connectivity to all village panchayats in the country”: Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of Communications. Across India’s rural heartland—where geography often isolates and governance struggles to reach—broadband cables are now bridging more than just physical gaps; they’re connecting communities to education, healthcare, and opportunity. […]

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Constructing inclusive credit score methods for the unbanked, ET Authorities
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Constructing inclusive credit score methods for the unbanked, ET Authorities

“Universal and affordable access to formal banking services is essential for achieving financial inclusion and empowerment. It integrates the poor into the economic mainstream and plays a crucial role in the development of marginalised communities”: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. India’s financial landscape has undergone a digital metamorphosis in the past decade—over 500 million Jan Dhan […]

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Bhashini’s voice-based imaginative and prescient for inclusive Digital India, ET Authorities
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Bhashini’s voice-based imaginative and prescient for inclusive Digital India, ET Authorities

Jitin Prasada, Union Minister of State, Government of India, delivering his address. Seated: Amitabh Nag, CEO, Bhashini, Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, MeitY, S Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY, Inder Pal Singh Sethi, DG, NIC “What we are witnessing today is not just the launch of another technology initiative, but the crystallization of a collaborative vision for Digital […]

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Strategic responses to cross-border state-sponsored cyber offensives, ET Authorities
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Strategic responses to cross-border state-sponsored cyber offensives, ET Authorities

“>“The integrity of a nation now rests on the integrity of its cyberspace”: Home Minister Amit Shah. In an age where bytes travel faster than bullets and breaches can cripple more than bombs, cyberspace has emerged not merely as an abstract domain of data but as the new frontier of national sovereignty. India’s digital transformation […]

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Inside MeitY’s digital vault for safe storage & sharing to energy India’s digital future, ET Authorities
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Inside MeitY’s digital vault for safe storage & sharing to energy India’s digital future, ET Authorities

S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology In a significant move to accelerate India’s digital transformation and empower organizations with modern technological solutions, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched Entity Locker. This innovative cloud-based system represents a pivotal step towards streamlining the often complex processes of document storage, verification, […]

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Govt approves ₹22919 crore element manufacturing scheme, ET Authorities
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Govt approves ₹22919 crore element manufacturing scheme, ET Authorities

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology In a major step towards making India self-reliant in the electronics supply chain, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) with an outlay of ₹22,919 crore. This initiative is set to transform India’s electronics manufacturing sector […]

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Roadmap for advancing digital inclusion in a multilingual India, ET Authorities
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Roadmap for advancing digital inclusion in a multilingual India, ET Authorities

The Universal Acceptance Day 2025 event began with traditional lamp lighting ceremony To build a truly inclusive digital ecosystem in India, the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) hosted the Universal Acceptance Day 2025 event on March 28, at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Themed “Connecting the Unconnected – Building a Multilingual Internet […]

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Securing India’s digital sovereignty with homegrown net browser, ET Authorities
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Securing India’s digital sovereignty with homegrown net browser, ET Authorities

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, announced the winners of Indian Web Browser Development Challenge (IWBDC) in a function organized by MeitY on 20th March, 2025. As India continues its journey toward digital self-reliance, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has taken a bold step by launching an initiative to develop […]

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A report on key takeaways for shaping the way forward for DPI, ET Authorities
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A report on key takeaways for shaping the way forward for DPI, ET Authorities

Inaugural Session at the DigiTech Conclave & Awards: Digital India to Ek Bharat-DPI & Global Digital Governance The DigiTech Conclave & Awards 2025, hosted by ETGovernment – The Economic Times on March 18 at the Hyatt Regency, brought together some of the brightest minds driving India’s digital revolution. From policymakers and tech visionaries to industry […]

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Race to construct AI in India will get greater because the Union Funds bumps up outlays for MeitY’s IndiaAI Mission, ET Authorities
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Race to construct AI in India will get greater because the Union Funds bumps up outlays for MeitY’s IndiaAI Mission, ET Authorities

“>“In India, we definitely require the LLMs but we also require the other kind of models which lead to improvement in the productivity of various sectors. From the beginning, the IndiaAI Mission has been focused primarily on the development of various foundational models”: S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. “The bank.in and […]

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