WILL DO
EVERYTHING DO POSSIBLE TO MAKE INDIA INNOVATION HUB
Our Prime
Minister Narendra Modi promised to do everything possible to make
enterprise and innovation easier so that India emerges as an innovation hub and
keeps pace with the fast changing world."The world is changing, quicker
than ever before and we cannot remain oblivious to that. If we don't innovate,
if we don't come up with cutting edge products there will be stagnation,"
he said in a 'Digital Dialogue', and added, "On the part of the government,
I assure absolute support."Responding to numerous suggestions with regard
to digitalisation received through the day on a specially-created platform on
social media, Modi said, "We are doing everything possible to make
enterprise and innovation easier. We have covered substantial ground in the
last 14 months and want to do a lot more in the future."
He said his
government wants India to emerge as the innovation hub where the next big ideas
emerge, driven by the power of technology.Exhorting people to keep innovating
as "innovation is what will help us grow faster", the Prime Minister
particularly encouraged the start-ups, saying they are "the engines of
exponential growth, manifesting the power of innovation".He said that several big
companies of today are start-ups of yesterday. "They were born with a
spirit of enterprise and adventure kept alive due to hard work and perseverance
and today have become shining beacons of innovation," he noted.
To
a question on challenges to the road map of Digital India, Modi said,
"When we have taken up such an ambitious initiative and that too at such a
large scale, there will be several challenges. But, we should neither
underestimate these challenges nor should we get overwhelmed by them. We must
be laser-focused in our mission and that is what we are doing."Talking
about the challenges, he mentioned access and affordable access as also skills
and knowledge."We have to empower our citizens with the skills and
knowledge to use digital applications and services. We also have to volunteer
time and effort to share digital skills so that our fellow citizens who have
recently been digitally empowered get to know how to use this powerful medium
and are able to get the maximum out of this medium," he added.
prof. John Kurakar
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