TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Terming Digital India as a war against black money and middlemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the programme has provided job opportunities and benefits of technology to people in rural areas.
Digital India, which was launched on July 1, 2015, has been the pet project of Modi. Digital delivery of services has been the main thrust of the government as it feels leakages can be plugged if things are done online.
The government takes pride in saying that about Rs 900 billion could be saved because of the Jandhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM) trinity. Interacting with beneficiaries of various Digital India initiatives through video conferencing, Modi said the move towards digital payments is linked to eliminating middlemen.
“We have to take Digital India forward. Touts are upset with Digital India. We can easily fight for our rights through Digital India,” Modi said. Modi interacted for around one and a half hours with the beneficiaries, who include village-level entrepreneurs running common service centres (CSCs), people working in rural BPOs, and MGNREGA workers, among others.
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