Digital India: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, PM Modi on same page

After Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, it is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg 's turn to visit India. Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Internet.org summit in New Delhi on October 9, 2014.

The CEO of the California-headquartered firm , who is on his first visit to India, said he is excited to help the government in its ambitious Digital India programme.

Zucekerberg said the whole world has been being robbed of creativity and ideas because so many people in India are not online. The Facebook founder said through Internet.org, the industry aims to make Internet access affordable for people across the globe.

Zuckerberg announced that Facebook is creating a $1 million fund to help developers develop apps for farmers, migrants and women. This will be a contest to drive new apps and services in local languages.

Zuckerberg will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 10, 2014 to discuss how Facebook can help in digitising India, a subject which is close to Modi's heart.