PM Modi makes the right click via Digital India Week

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 1 2015 inaugurated the Digital India Week in New Delhi. PM Narendra Modi releasing the 'Policy document on EDF. Photo:PIB

The function was attended by RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani, ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani, Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Mittal, Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry, Aditya Birla Group chief Kumar Mangalam Birla and Wipro's Azim Premji. From among the global firms, Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of European consortium Airbus' Defence and Space unit, and Ping Chang, CEO of Taiwanese company Delta Electronics, attended the event. The industrialists pledged over Rs 4.5 lakh crore to the campaign which has a potential to generate 18 lakh jobs. PM Narendra Modi gestures during the launch of Digital India Week in New Delhi.Photo:PIB

"We have to move from E-governance to M-governance. M-governance does not mean Modi governance. It means Mobile governance," the PM said in the presence of several ministerial colleagues and who's who of Indian industry and CEOs of some global companies. PM Narendra Modi releases the 'Digital India Book' in New Delhi.Photo: PIB

Noting that India had lagged behind when the world went through the industrial revolution, the Prime Minister said he dreams of a "Digital India' where government services are easily available to citizens on mobile devices. PM Narendra Modi with Minister for Communications & IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad. Photo: PIB

The Prime Minister noted that India has huge capabilities in the field of IT and promised to encourage manufacturing within the country of electronic goods, which account for second largest imports after petroleum products. He specifically mentioned start ups in this regard. PM Narendra Modi being received by the Minister for Communications & IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad at the ceremony.Photo: PIB