Centre committed to bridging digital divide

The Centre is committed to addressing the country’s digital divide, and a multi-pronged strategy comprising expansion of internet infrastructure, and training and capacity building, is on to take e-governance to the grassroots.

This was observed by Sanjiv Mittal, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, during an interview with The Assam Tribune.

Mittal was in the city in connection with the second project review meeting of the steering group (PRSG) of the North East Capacity Building Project in the city on Friday.

Mittal said that mass penetration of the mobile internet was doing a world of good in enhancing people’s access to information technology-enabled services.

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