Hailing the Modi government’s ‘Digital India’ campaign as a revolutionary plan to bridge the gap between the digital haves and have-nots, Ravi Shankar Prasad said the entire profile of India will change in the next four to five years.
Inspired by the rapid strides made by India’s first telecom and technology start-up in Kerala’s port city of Cochin, Federal Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said that the Central government would set up an electronic development fund for the startups across the country.
After a visit to the Startup Village at Kalamassery, the minister has recommended replication of Kerala’s Startup Village model in other states in India to boost entrepreneurship. He said that the government was ready to partner with startups in IT, electronics and manufacturing, with angel funds.
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