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Digital Revolution Making

India Self-Reliant

The second aspect to look at is
the e-commerce buyers, which
was only 10 million in the country
a decade ago, and today that
number has grown at a pace of
35x and is over 350 million. This
growth has heralded India as
the third-largest e-commerce
economy in the world. This is
indeed a revolution!
A notable aspect of this
Deep Kalra growth is that half of the 700
million internet users in India today
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are from the hinterland, from the
rural parts of the country, majorly
tier 3, tier 4, and tier 5 cities. This
is because of the advent of 4G
connectivity available everywhere
in the country due to the diligent
Sh. Deep Kalra's interview efforts of the Government. Digital
with Doordarshan on the impact India, thus, makes up for the
of India's digital revolution on founding stone which has led the
various sectors. digital revolution in India.
From the hinterland to the last With the 3 core founding
man in the queue, PM’s vision of blocks in place, the Government,
digital India is changing the lives through the means of Digital
of millions of people. It is apt to say India has given rise to an efficient
that India is currently experiencing public-private partnership. Firstly,
a ‘digital revolution’ which is Digital India has established 4G
changing the face of India’s digital availability in virtually every corner
landscape. of the country, and now with 5G
To fully understand the in the offing, it will only explode
magnitude of this revolution, one further. Secondly, UPI has changed
must look back at India a decade the game of payments in India,
ago, having a mere 130 million making online transactions
internet users in the country, easy and secure. Thirdly and
majorly on PC. Today that number most importantly, JAM trinity has
is almost touching a whopping allowed e-identification, curbing
700 million, which is 5x the growth, id thefts in India and leading the
making India the second largest way for financial inclusion. These
internet economy in the world. three core founding blocks have

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