IANS | 18 Aug, 2023
The centre of gravity of technology is finally moving to open source
systems and younger startups in India are now disrupting the normal,
Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said on
Thursday.
Addressing the G20 ‘Digital Innovation Alliance’ summit
in Bengaluru, the Minister said that three trends are happening that are
of interest to startups which are part of the innovation economy.
“The
centre of gravity of tech, which used to be in a few countries and
centred around a few companies is moving to open source systems and
younger and younger startups are disrupting the normal,” he told the
gathering.
“These trends are, in turn, capitalising on the
broader trend of increased digitisation and faster digitisation that is
happening in the country,” the Minister added.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the expansion of the Digital India programme with an outlay of Rs 14,903 crore.
Minister
for Railway, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said that 6.25 lakh IT
professionals will be re-skilled and up-skilled under FutureSkills
Prime programme.
The Digital India programme was first launched
in 2015 by the Centre and now under its ambit, 2.65 lakh people will be
trained in information security under the information security and
education awareness phase programme.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, addressing the nation on the 77th Independence Day, hailed the
startup ecosystem in the country which is the third largest globally.
“Our
policies are giving more power to youth strength. Their strength has
helped India become the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world,"
Prime Minister Modi emphasised.
As of April this year, 98,119 entities had been recognised as startups by the government.
