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Impact of Digital India
on Indian Industry
but also boosting its productivity.
Remote corners of the country
are now digitally connected,
leading to benefits such as
transfer of knowledge and skills
apart from widening the market
for commercial transactions.
Millions of jobs have been
created directly for persons
involved in the digital sector,
Chandrajit Banerjee
and also indirectly by expanding
Director General,
the market for all products and
Confederation of Indian Industry services that can now be digitally
delivered.
It is expected that Digital India
will boost the Gross Domestic
The Digital India mission Product of the economy upto
launched by Hon’ble Prime $1 trillion by 2025 by majorly
Minister has had transformational contributing to macroeconomic
impact on the country’s growth, indicators including national
modernisation and socio- income, employment, economic
economic progress. Through this growth rate, industrial production,
mission, the Government has international trade etc.
revamped the delivery of public Digitalisation has
goods to needy citizens and also empowered the common
created multiple opportunities man by utilising information
for Indian businesses. The technology as an enabler. The
partnership with the private fundamental way of functioning
sector in implementing and of every sector has changed
rolling out Digital India is an in an unprecedented manner
exemplary model of collaboration and technology has been the
and successful outcomes. key driver of this tectonic shift
The digital transformation of across critical sectors such as
the country is not only leading banking, health care, education,
to increased economic activity agriculture, manufacturing and
retail, with an explosion of smart
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