Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India is creating a modern digital infrastructure and ensuring that the benefits of the digital revolution reach all. In a series of webinars being organized after the general budget, on the topic ‘Unleashing the Potential: Ease of Living Using Technology’, he said that technology can be used to solve the problems faced by taxpayers. is being used. For this the tax system is being made ‘faceless’.
‘Previous governments didn’t do development’
Addressing the budget webinar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that earlier governments had not done development. He said that today people are seeing our government as an opportunity. The Prime Minister said that the government is creating digital infrastructure. He said that in earlier governments life was spent in poverty, but this is the India of the 21st century. PM Modi said that the pressure of the government’s interference in the lives of the people has reduced.
‘Priority to human touch with technology in the budget’
Prime Minister Said, ‘The changing India of the 21st century is continuously empowering citizens with the power of technology. In the past years, in every budget of our government, emphasis has been laid on increasing the ‘ease of living’ of the countrymen with the help of technology. Human touch along with technology has been given priority in this budget also. He said, ‘Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar and mobile… because of these three, it has become possible to send money directly to the accounts of crores of poor. Similarly, technology became an important tool for Aarogya Setu and CoWIN app. This helped a lot in tracing and vaccination during Corona.
‘Bring DigiLocker to everyone’
PM Modi said that technology is giving equal opportunity to everyone to move forward by providing correct and accurate information to everyone. He said, ‘Our government is investing on a large scale to promote technology. With the help of technology, we have brought the convenience of DigiLocker to everyone. Here companies and MSMEs can store their files, share them with various regulators and government departments. The Prime Minister said that we are creating modern digital infrastructure in India, as well as ensuring that the benefits of the digital revolution reach every section of society.