Govt aims to enhance digital economy's contribution to 20% of GDP in 5 yrs

Kumar added that AI and other emerging technologies will play a key role in achieving the target, and involvement of all stakeholders is needed

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) is working to enhance contribution of digital economy to 20 per cent of GDP in the next five years, a senior official said on Tuesday.

"We have the vision to take the digital part of the economy from currently 7-8 per cent of GDP to over 20 per cent in the next 5 years," Meity Additional Secretary Rajendra Kumar said while addressing a FICCI event on artificial intelligence (AI).

"This is a massive task before us to sensitise all stakeholders, all ministries and to bring them on-board with this vision of massive transformation, led