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Budget 2024-25 wishlist: Indian crypto players seek tax cuts to spur trade

Companies have urged the government to treat income gained from virtual digital assets (VDAs) at par with that derived from capital assets

GenAI can add $1.2-1.5 trillion to India's GDP by 2030: EY report

75 per cent of organisations said customer engagement was a segment that was most influenced by generative AI

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages to train Tamil Nadu women on banking services

Fast-moving consumer goods major Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has unveiled a digital literacy programme in the state aimed at training women on the fundamentals of banking services. As part of the programme, around 3,000 women from Tamil Nadu would be trained under its national initiative to reach 25,000 women across the country. The financial and digital literacy training programme would encompass fundamentals of banking basics, account opening process, UPI training, a company statement here said. Beneficiaries would be grouped based on their interests, needs, and existing digital and financial literacy levels. The training will adopt a classroom-based format conducted at identified locations. "At Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages our commitment to positively impact our community extends beyond refreshing beverages. The financial and digital literacy progamme in Tamil Nadu is a testament to our dedication to fostering change," said HCCB Chief Public Affairs, communications and ...

Digi Yatra facility to be available at 25 more airports in 2024: Scindia

Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said Digi Yatra facility will be available at 25 more airports in 2024. Currently, the facility is available at 13 airports for domestic passengers. Digi Yatra provides for contactless, seamless movement of passengers at various check points at airports based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). At a briefing in the national capital, Scindia said Digi Yatra will be introduced at 14 airports in the first phase and another 11 airports in the second phase next year. By the end of 2024, Digi Yatra will be available at 25 more airports and the total number of airports that will have the facility will increase to 38, he said. Currently, Digi Yatra facility is available at 13 airports that handle around 85 per cent of the country's domestic air passenger traffic. Next year, the facility will be available at a total of 38 airports that handle around 95 per cent of the traffic. The data shared by a passenger for Digi Yatra is store

Digital India Act unlikely to be in place before LS election: Chandrasekhar

The government may not be able to put in place the Digital India Act, which aims to replace over 23 years old IT Act 2000, before the next general election, as there is not much time left for extensive consultation, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. While speaking at the Global Technology Summit 2023, the minister, however, said that the rules for Digital Personal Data Protection Act will be out later this month for consultation and are expected to be notified by the end of December or early January. Chandrasekhar said, the existing IT Act doesn't even have the word internet and there is a consensus that it can be safely superseded and replaced. "The successor act to that is something called the Digital India Act, which is a work in progress. We have the draft ready and a lot of work has gone into it. "I suspect that before the next elections, we will not be able to legislate it because one of the things that the Prime Minister insists

Global South must adopt digital public infra to achieve SDGs: Kant

The Global South needs to adopt digital public infrastructure to technologically leapfrog and achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday. Addressing an event organised by Carnegie India, Kant said now the world will grow on the back of digital public infrastructure. He said if the the world has to grow equitably then the global south is important because 4 billion people still do not have digital identity, 1.3 billion people do not have a bank account, while 133 countries in the world do not have fast payments. "And therefore you need the digital public infrastructure to enable these countries to technologically leapfrog and ensure that we are able to make sustainable development goals reached to them. "And that is really the key, the SDGs must reach the global south," Kant said. The term 'global south' is used to refer poor and developing countries. The former NITI Aayog CEO noted that during the COVID period, while the world wa

Digital India Act will deal with ill effects of AI: MoS Chandrasekhar

The aim of the Digital India Act (DIA) 2023 is to deal with the ill effects of artificial intelligence (AI) and it will succeed the current IT Act, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. At present, the IT Act, which is about 22 years old, does not even mention the word internet, he said. "To regulate AI as an ecosystem, the Digital India Act will have to be enacted which will deal with all the harms of AI," Chandrasekhar said while speaking at the 12th edition of Sadhguru Academy's (formerly Isha Leadership Academy) flagship program, INSIGHT: The DNA of Success kicked off on Thursday at Isha Yoga Center, here. Founder of Isha Foundation the Sadhguru said I do not look at technology as a problem ever; it's a great possibility. But the nature of life is such, unless we rightly harness a possibility, it can become the worst problem in our lives. Chandrasekhar sounded extremely optimistic while talking about 6G and wireless technology which, he .

MeitY unveils Digital India Pavilion at IITF: Here are its key attractions

From UPI-enabled ATM to voice-based payments, the Digital India Pavilion showcases India's digital possibilities

Onsurity helping businesses insure against rising digital threats

As cyber threats escalate with internet growth, Onsurity introduces comprehensive coverage for SMEs, navigating risks and ensuring business resilience

Google appoints new public policy head in India amid regulatory overhaul

The central government is currently working on the draft Digital India Bill to replace the Information Technology Act, 2000

PayU India CEO Anirban Mukherjee elevated to global CEO position

PayU's GPO business contributes around 30 per cent of its overall revenues

Digital India Bill: Aadhaar likely to be default e-ID of citizens

The government is also likely to have sweeping powers to track, monitor, intercept, moderate and take down online content under the new law

In G20 document, World Bank lauds India's digital public infrastructure

India's JAM Trinity has propelled financial inclusion rate from 25 per cent in 2008 to over 80 per cent of adults in last six years, a journey shortened by up to 47 years owing to DPIs: WB

Digital India on display: G20 guests will experience UPI, ONDC, Digilocker

G20 India app has been developed to provide information about the event calendar, give a virtual tour of the summit venue

Cabinet approves funding for railways, e-buses, digital India | Key points

Union Minister Anurag Thakur said Rs 57,613 crores will be spent on PM-eBus Sewa, and the Centre will provide Rs 20,000 crore for the scheme

Union Cabinet approves Rs 14,903 crore expansion of digital India programme

The expansion will include increasing cybersecurity awareness, re-skilling IT professionals, and supporting 1,200 startups, among other initiatives

Govt approves Digital India project's extension with outlay of Rs 14,903 cr

Cabinet on Wednesday approved extension of Digital India project with an outlay of Rs 14,903 crore, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The minister said that the extended Digital India project will add on to the work done under the previous version of the scheme. "Prime Minister in the cabinet meeting has approved Digital India programme with outlay of Rs 14,903 crore," Vaishnaw said. He said that under the project 5.25 lakh IT professionals will be reskilled and upskilled and 2.65 lakh persons will be trained in IT. Under the extended Digital India project, nine more super computers will be added under the National Supercomputing Mission(NCM). The minister said that already 18 super computers have been deployed under NCM.

India's digital public infra centred around public interest: Meta's Clegg

India's digital public infrastructure plays on key aspects of scale and technology being centred around public interest, and is a "marvellous model" for what others can do as citizenship becomes a digitalised phenomenon globally, Nick Clegg, President Global Affairs of Meta, said on Wednesday. Clegg spoke of how Meta and its apps like WhatsApp have leveraged various layers of India's digital public utilities including health (during COVID vaccination certificate downloads) and payments, and added, "We are at the moment working with commerce layer ONDC to see what more we can do and to make sure card payments and merchant payments are facilitated". He said that when it comes to DPI (digital public infrastructure) construct, it is India's scale and public interest philosophy of the country "that has been so novel", he said. "...I think what is so clever about construction of DPI is tech itself...it is the scale and this very important philosophy highlighted of not having government r

Amazed to see fast pace digital change in India: Samsung SW Asia CEO

India has changed digitally at a fast pace with the use of smartphones, and businesses will expand in the country in the coming years, a senior Samsung official said here. Samsung SouthWest Asia President and CEO JB Park said Digital India kind of projects were adopted in Korea in the past that brought growth and development in the country. India has a vast population under an average of 30 years, which will push for growth in demand and business, he added. "You have to think about the expanding population in India, and the proportion of people who are young, say below 30 years. You have to look at the penetration of each category, such as smartphones and refrigerators. If you look at India, in the next 20 years, the demand will not be soft, and businesses will expand," Park, who oversees India business, said. Samsung, at present, leads the India market in several technology verticals. Samsung led the Indian smartphone market with a 20 per cent share in the January-March 2023 quar

Centre to release draft Digital India Bill for consultation in next 15 days

The bill was due to be released last month but was delayed due to the need for fresh consultations with experts on topics like fact-checking and misinformation