From being a consumer of tech, India to play role in developing it: PM Modi

India has not been able to take advantage of the first 3 Industrial revolutions, but will now lead the fourth industrial revolution, the Prime Minister said at the sixth India Mobile Congress.

5G will ensure that India will not only be a consumer of technology, but also play an active role in the development and implementation of technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while launching 5G services in the country on October 1.

Speaking at the sixth India Mobile Congress, Modi said that from rural villagers to labourers and the poor, everyone is a stakeholder in the 5G experience, stressing on the all encompassing nature of 5G which is expected to reduce the technological and economic divide among rural and urban India.

He said the technology can be used to expand the