PM Modi lauds India’s technological, digital progress in past 11 years
PM Modi lauds India’s technological, digital progress in past 11 years
PM Modi showered praises on India’s remarkable progress in
Innovation powered by the youth of India and are making remarkable progress
In the midst of his addresses at the Global Conference on space exploration, PM Modi In the midst of his addresses at the Global Conference on Space Exploration 2025 via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Thursday, 12 June.
He went on to record that the country is making remarkable progress in innovation and application of technology.
PM accentuated that the digital progress is also strengthening country’s efforts towards emerging iself reliant in the technology sector.
Taking to his X social media platform
PM Modi shared a post by MyGovIndia, which talks over how India could forget the next technology powerhouse of the world and the steps taken by the Union Government in the past 11 years in the sector.
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Adding powered by the youth of India, we are making remarkable progress in innovation and application of technology. It is also strengthening our efforts to become self-reliant and a global tech powerhouse.
India has recorded a surge of 2500 times in the volume of UPI transaction with data showing that UPI transaction which was at 0.93 crore in April 2017 increased to 1867.70 crore until April 2025.India is also leading the digital payment revolution wherein more than Rs 260 lakh crore transactions have been processed with Rs 18,600 crore transactions annually.
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UPI’s acceptance in the world has also increased and it is live in seven countries including UAE, Singapore, Nepal, France, Mauritius, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
India also stands as world’s cheapest mobile data providers with more than 94 crore broadband connections and more than 120 crore telephone subscribers. A total of 2.18 lakh gram panchayats have been connected through optical fiber network under the Bharat Net scheme and 6.92 lakh km of fiber cable has been laid.T
The Union Government has also showcased interest in Artificial Intelligence with three AI Centres of Excellence to be setup in top educational institutions. India is also working over the development of AI models such as BharatGen, Sarvam-1, Chitralekha and Hanooman’s Everest 1.0.
On june 10, Prime Minister Modi shared an article on the government’s commitment in advancing India’s digital connectivity over the past 11 years.
Sharing an article by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia,
PM Modi said, “Our government has been constantly striving to provide world-class facilities in digital connectivity to the country.
In his article, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has explained in detail how the success achieved in this in the last 11 years is inspiring us to move forward even faster in this direction.
He also elaborated on how villages have started telling the story of digital revolution
Taking to his X Scindia said “In the last 11 years, the historic decisions taken in the telecom sector and the Postal Department, under the leadership of PM Modi have given rise to a digital revolution, connecting not only cities, but also villages, forests and borders.
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