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American businesses struck by India's rapid digitalisation: S Jaishankar

American businesses are struck by how much more digital India has become and there is a broad sense of overall appreciation of the ease of doing business in the country, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. During a luncheon on Wednesday, USISPF president Mukesh Aghi presented Jaishankar with USISPF's coffee table book titled, We The People', chronicling 75 years of the US-India story, strengthened by the minister's efforts. The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is committed to creating the most powerful strategic partnership between the U.S. and India. Delighted to participate in a business luncheon with USISPF, Jaishankar tweeted. Noted the high interest in transformational changes happening in India in energy, health, climate, infrastructure and logistics and defence domains, he said. American businesses are struck by how much more digital India has become, how effectively the government is practising digital delivery, what a change that has been in startu

Poor training, skills affect digital trust of Indian enterprises: Report

Only 24% respondents in India had complete understanding of digital trust, says global study

Financial inclusion through fintechs

By helping to eliminate information asymmetry across the user journey, fintech has made the equitable distribution of financial services easier. This ensures better inclusivity.

RBI launches project to digitise KCC to transform rural credit delivery

To transform rural credit delivery system, the Reserve Bank has decided to launch pilot projects to digitise Kisan Credit Card (KCC) in Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Based on the learnings from the pilot, it is planned to expand the digitalisation of KCC lending to other districts in these two states and gradually across the country, the RBI said in a statement. The pilot project would entail automation of various processes within banks and integration of their systems with the service providers, it said, adding, the proposed digitalisation of the KCC lending process will make it more efficient, reduce costs for borrowers and reduce turn around time (TAT) significantly. The TAT from loan application to disbursement has also been rather high, ranging from two to four weeks. Rural credit is closely related to inclusive economic growth, as it caters to the requirements of agriculture and allied activities, ancillary industries, small businesses, etc. At present, it said, the process

A sneak peek into digital futures

Prashant Kumar's book takes a deep dive into the evolution of the media and content marketing landscape in India

WEF 2022: How digitalisation of industries can improve quality of life

Digital transformation bringing out the best in humans, in collaboration with machines and algorithms.

Next census in e-mode, digitalization to ensure better enumeration: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted with digitalisation of the census process in the country, a 100 percent perfect' enumeration can be expected in the next counting exercise

Northeast takes the lead on digitisation: PhonePe Pulse Q1 2022 Data

According to a report by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, UPI has now become the most popular mode of payment

Cyberattacks surge amid accelerating Covid-driven digitalisation: WEF study

The accelerating pace of digitalisation, fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to a record-breaking year for cybercrime with ransomware attacks rising 151 per cent in 2021

What is a digital AgriStack and why Indian farmers are opposed to it

The government's plan to develop a stack of technologies for agriculture will be based on old and inaccurate land records, excluding many who need to access agricultural services and welfare schemes

Post 5G rollout, India to have most advanced digital infra: Mukesh Ambani

India can lead the Digital Society and become a global leader in its own right, said Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)

Bayer conducts first drone trial in agriculture in Hyderabad

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said: I'm really happy to learn that Bayer is organising a pilot project on the use of drones in agriculture"

Firm boosts human effort in factories, using computer vision, deep learning

Drishti combines video and AI for data capturing in manufacturing to increase process efficiency and reduce defects

Centre's Rs 2,000-3,000 crore scheme to digitalise PACs on anvil

The Union Cooperation Ministry is working on a new central scheme to modernise and digitalise over 97,000 primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACs) spread across the country

High on tech: Checks and tests that run the post-pandemic digital universe

A clutch of companies is ensuring apps and portals don't slip on quality, safety

Digital public goods driving innovation in India: Nandan Nilekani

Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani on Friday said India has been "unique" in creating a set of public goods that are helping drive innovation in the country

Accenture helps Britannia digitise manufacturing units, warehouses

The enterprise-wide programme is focused on modernising Britannia's business model by digitising essential services and processes, allowing the company to better respond to changing market trends

Oracle India steady on double-digit growth path, says Prasad Rai

Oracle recently reported first quarter results for the financial year 2022. Total quarterly revenue rose 4 per cent to $9.7 billion

This country is the best place in the world to become a digital native

Estonia has a one-stop digital shop for services: you can easily file your taxes online, get drug prescriptions, book hospital treatments.

Infosys Public Services bags contract from Manitoba Public Insurance

Infosys Public Services Inc (IPS), a subsidiary of Infosys, on Thursday said it has been awarded a contract by Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI)