PM Modi Launches Digital India ‘AatmaNirbhar’ Campaign To Promote Indian Apps

July 4, 2020

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right here on Saturday, launched the Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovate Problem to determine one of the best Indian apps, already being utilized by residents and have the potential to scale up and change into world class.

The Ministry of Electronics & Info Expertise together with the Atal Innovation Mission have give you this problem, which is able to run in two tracks — promotion of present apps and improvement of latest apps.

“For the promotion of present apps and platforms throughout the classes of e-learning, work-from-home, gaming, enterprise, leisure, workplace utilities and social networking, the federal government will present mentoring, hand-holding and assist.

“Observe-01 will work in mission mode for figuring out good high quality apps for the leader-board and shall be accomplished in round a month,” mentioned an announcement issued the Prime Minister in his LinkedIn account.

For brand spanking new apps, Observe-02 initiative will work to assist create new champions in India by offering assist in ideation, incubation, prototyping and rollout together with market entry.

This problem will assist create tech merchandise to seek out options to tech conundrums with mentorship. Apparently, the problem comes within the wake of India banning 59 Chinese language apps citing nationwide safety concerns.

“I urge all my friends in the tech community to participate and help create an aatmanirbhar app ecosystem. Who knows, I may also use some of these apps made by you,” mentioned the Prime Minister with a smiley.

This problem is for you if in case you have such a working product or in the event you really feel you’ve got the imaginative and prescient and experience to create such merchandise. I urge all my mates within the tech neighborhood to take part.

Sharing my ideas in my @LinkedIn put up. https://t.co/aO5cMYi4SH

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 4, 2020

The Prime Minister mentioned India’s tech ecosystem had made it proud and the pandemic had led to disruption within the tech world.

Connecting it with the ‘self-reliant India’, he mentioned, “Today, when the entire nation is working towards creating an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, it’s a good opportunity to give direction to their efforts, momentum to their hard-work and mentorship to their talent to evolve apps which can satisfy our market as well as compete with the world.”

Stating that the objective is to Make in India for India as effectively for the World, the Prime Minister utilizing the sectoral parlance mentioned, “Let us code for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat!.”

At the moment there’s immense enthusiasm among the many tech & start-up neighborhood to create world class Made in India Apps. To facilitate their concepts and merchandise @GoI_MeitY and @AIMtoInnovate are launching the Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Problem. https://t.co/h0xqjEwPko

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 4, 2020