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"Digital India Has Empowered People, Reduced Corruption": PM Modi

New Delhi: 
On the fourth anniversary of his government's flagship programme ''Digital India'', Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said that the initiative has empowered people, reduced corruption and improved public service delivery to benefit the poor.

The programme was launched on July 1, 2015, by the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Digital India, which is the focal point of PM Modi's "New India" push, is centred on three key vision areas- Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen and Governance and Services on Demand and Digital Empowerment of Citizens. 
Taking to Twitter, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the programme is now finding global resonance.

"PM Narendra Modi had launched Digital India on July 1, 2015. Success of Digital India is an inspiring story of inclusion, transformation, growth and empowerment through digital technologies, which is now finding global resonance," Mr Prasad tweeted.
Highlighting the success of the programme, Mr Prasad said that 3.65 lakh common service centres have been opened and 123 crore Aadhaar were generated.
He said that there are currently 2.39 crore users of Digilocker, which is online space to store documents.
Mr Prasad also lauded BHIM-UPI, a unified payments interface, and said it is a "unique fintech innovation" of India that has transformed the digital payment ecosystem. "It made possible to make payments using a simple and easy to use mobile app," he said.
The Union Minister further said that Rs 7.45 lakh crore money has been transferred through total Direct Benefit Transfer.
'Digital India Has Empowered People, Reduced Corruption': PM Modi

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