Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday met Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and requested him to help in clean India mission.
"Had a wonderful meeting with Facebook CEO Mr. Mark Zuckerberg. We discussed several issues during our meeting," Modi said on his Facebook page.
He also said: "I spoke to him about Swachh Bharat Mission. Mr. Zuckerberg shared that Facebook would assist the Government of India in the Clean India mobile application. This will surely give an impetus to Swachh Bharat Mission."
Modi requested Zuckerberg to identify certain areas where the social media can help in promoting India's tourism potential.
"Zuckerberg is excited about Digital India initiative. I requested him to identify certain areas where Facebook can help us in that. I also requested Mr. Zuckerberg to identify how Facebook can help promote India's rich tourist potential across the world," he said.
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