IANS | 14 Sep, 2023
Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on
Wednesday said that digital skilling is the key and the government is
building Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) towards that goal to
prepare millions of young Indians for the tech-driven jobs of the
future.
Addressing the Skill India Digital event, where the
government launched the Skill India Digital portal to benefit every
citizen of the country, especially the students and youth above 15 years
of age, the minister said that after the global recognition of DPIs
during the G20 Summit, the government is now building DPIs in digital
skilling for young Indians.
“This DPI is at the intersection of
two of the most important components of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
vision -- Skill India and Digital India," he said.
“In this
post-Covid world, there is tremendous awareness about the importance of
digital skilling. This DPI is aimed at developing skills for both
entrepreneurship and jobs,” Chandrasekhar told the gathering.
At
the event, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, along with
Chandrasekhar, launched Skill India Digital -- a state-of-the-art
digital platform to bring all skilling initiatives together.
Last
week, Chandrasekhar said that the whole world is discovering the
extraordinary strides India has made in technology, as G20 nations
pledged to build a global DPI based on the country’s model.
The
global recognition of India’s DPI -- like the unified payments interface
(UPI) and Aadhaar -- has demolished the old normals.
“Today, the
whole world is discovering the extraordinary strides we've made in
technology, using Digital Public Infrastructure to transform governance
and lives of citizens,” he said.
The G20 leaders have committed to
adopt, build and maintain Global Digital Public Infrastructure and also
agreed to foster a wholesome and safe digital ecosystem, and a
resilient global digital economy.
