Sunday, December 14, 2025 | 12:53 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Digital economy: Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet IT chiefs on Dec 14

The government feels that low-cost cyber security products have a high potential in India

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad speaks at the 60th Foundation Day function of AIMA, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)
premium

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad speaks at the 60th Foundation Day function of AIMA, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Kiran Rathee New Delhi
Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet top IT players on December 14 to take stock of the development regarding creation of $1 trillion digital economy by 2022.

In June, the minister met top executives from companies such as IBM, Wipro, Google, Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, Intel Corporation, Panasonic India, NIIT, Quickheal, Practo, Hike, Lava International, Cyient, and associations Nasscom and IAMAI.

Initiatives such as framing a new electronics policy, software product policy, start-up cluster scheme and data protection security policy were also announced as part of the government’s efforts to boost digital penetration and uptake in the country.

The ministry