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and connected devices, robust critically, the digital transition of
applications and use cases. rural India.
This has been made possible The Digital India initiatives
by ensuring rapid rollout of by the Government of India are
broadband infrastructure to all further accelerating access to
parts of the country through the digital services and infrastructure
Digital India mission. to every citizen in the country.
Whether it is digital To drive this programme, the
enablement facilitated by Government of India has rolled out
start-ups or futuristic digital several initiatives like BharatNet,
payment infrastructure, Jan Dhan - Aadhaar - Mobile,
India has seen astonishing Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital
progress. The advancement of Saksharta Abhiyan, etc. These
a digital payments initiatives are directed towards
ecosystem is a making the Indian citizens more
critical component digitally literate and are playing
of Digital India a key role in bridging the
which has resulted digital divide
in increased at speed.
efficiency, India’s
transparency, digital journey
and quality has just begun.
in the financial The Indian tech
sector and the industry is expected
economy as a to be a key player in
whole. India has emerging technologies
seen mammoth such as artificial intelligence,
growth in digital machine learning, blockchain,
payment transactions data analytics etc. across various
from 2,071 crore in FY 2017- sectors such as agriculture,
18 to 8,840 crore in FY 2021-22 education, financial, retail, and
and is expected to double such healthcare, empowered by
transactions in value to $10 trillion Digital India.
by 2026. India enjoys the advantage
On the other hand, start- of being one of the fastest
ups in digital infrastructure are growing economies in the world
empowering India to become and under Digital India, it has
a global digital knowledge hub. the potential to become a global
The startup aided innovations leader for the next phase of the
are contributing towards evolving digital era.
employment generation and,

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