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Six years of Digital India: Here is a look at how scheme has fared so far

The initial outlay was Rs 100,000 crore in ongoing schemes and Rs 13,000 crore in new schemes

We will make this decade India's 'techade', says PM Narendra Modi

Modi said India is fully conscious of its responsibilities as a "data powerhouse" and noted that work was underway on all aspects of data protection

Data present huge opportunity; this decade to be 'India''s techade': PM

Speaking at a virtual event to mark the completion of six years of Digital India, Modi said India is also conscious of its responsibilities as a data powerhouse and noted that work is underway on all

PM Modi to interact with beneficiaries of Digital India campaign on July 1

Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of its various schemes on July 1 via video conferencing

India must capture all segments of financial market to fuel growth: IMF

India is on the right track and is innovating on the policy side, but the country needs to capture all the segments of the financial market to fuel growth in the country, according to IMF official

Group representing startups seeks govt intervention in Google Play ops, ads

Aatmnirbhar Digital India Foundation (ADIF) said bidding of company-specific keywords such as "matrimony" or "Map My India" has resulted in competitors capitalising on the brand value of companies

India had highest number of Internet shutdowns at 109 in 2020: report

This is the third consecutive year India has topped the global charts on this score, a new report by digital rights and privacy organisation Access Now has found

Adani forays into data centre business, sets up 50:50 JV with EdgeConnex

In addition to full-scale data centres, AdaniConneX will also develop a portfolio of Edge data centres strategically located across the country to address the need for more proximate capacity

Govt launches National Urban Digital Mission for creating digital infra

The Central government Tuesday launched National Urban Digital Mission' to create a digital infrastructure for cities in the country, a statement stated

Will Budget 2021 slow down the digital tsunami?

The govt has been responsive to the needs and asks of industry and keenly focused on Ease of Doing Business. We hope that answers to some of the ambiguities find their way into the upcoming budget

Digital Evolution Scorecard 2020: India ranks 4th in 'Break Out Economies'

Successful "Break Out Economies" are those that have prioritised improving mobile internet access, affordability, and quality to foster more widespread adoption

RBI constructs index to capture digital payments penetration in country

RBI has constructed a composite digital payments index (DPI) with March 2018 as the base period to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country

Digital adoption helped small businesses survive pandemic: Survey

Adoption of digital means for sales helped a majority of small businesses survive the pandemic, a Crisil survey said

Amazon enables digitisation of over 1 million small businesses in India

This includes sellers, delivery and logistics partners, neighbourhood stores, enterprises, developers, content creators and authors working with Amazon in India

Razorpay eyes $50 billion digital payment volume by December 2021

Fintech major Razorpay also launched new products

NPCI adds reloadable wallet feature in RuPay cards for offline transactions

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payments in India

Consumerisation has changed the way digital is adopted, says Nilekani

Nilekani spoke at the Infosys Media Day 2020 event on Tuesday

Facebook doubles down on India's digital growth, helps SMBs

Facebook on Tuesday said that it is committed to help India quickly recover economically and socially in 2021 from the pandemic-hit year

Can the digital health ID programme help spur India's struggling economy?

India is Asia's third-largest economy but its total spending on health care is only about 3.5% of gross domestic product -- among the lowest rates in the world

India Stack fights 'tomorrow's battle' for making innovators self-reliant

The threat of 'digital colonisation' what some people are now talking about, is real, said Lalitesh Katragadda, a key volunteer of India Stack initiative