Electronics clusters to be set up in 400 cities: Prasad
The Dollar Business Bureau Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that with a focus on the electronics manufacturing in the country, the Government of India has planned to establish electronics clusters in 400 cities and towns across India. The electronics manufacturing market in India would be around $400 billion by 2020, said Prasad while speaking at Pravasi Haryana Diwas 2017, in Gurugram (Haryana). The Minister praised the initiatives taken by Haryana’s Chief Minister of Manohar Lal Khattar and his government to encourage IT services in the state. He said that when he took over the charge of his Ministry, India’s exports were Rs.11,000 crore which now gone up to Rs.1,26,000 crore at the end of December 2016. Prasad further said that Indians are passionate about technology and ...
Digital India can produce several Alibabas: Communications & IT Minister
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Mobile phone connectivity has reached the most remote parts of the Sundarbans jungles, West Bengal, India, but internet usage remains low There is a vast potential for the e-commerce sector to grow in India with the implementation of the Digital India programme, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Communications & IT Minister, said at the 10th national summit on E-governance & Digital India organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in New Delhi yesterday. Prasad said, “I see a vast opportunity for e-commerce…I see almost an explosion of various kind of availability of services through e-commerce.” Retail exports (e-tailing) is a growing sector in India and e-commerce plays a key role in ...
