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India plans to host first edition of 'Global IndiaAI 2023 ' in Oct

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is planning to host the first edition of Global IndiaAI 2023 in October this year, an official statement said on Wednesday. There will be participation from leading AI players, researchers, startups, and investors in India and worldwide, the statement said. "The Global IndiaAI 2023 conference is tentatively planned for October 14 and 15 and it will bring together the best and brightest in AI from India and around the world," Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. He said that the summit is expected to evolve and become a must-attend event on the annual calendar of the Global AI industry, startups, practitioners, researchers and students. What makes India so attractive for AI is the diversity of it. Our diversity will be an addition to the quality of data sets for any large language model or any AI learning model. What we want is that AI should be responsible so that user harm is curbed and innovati

Governance under PM Modi is about service, good admin, welfare of poor: MoS

Governance in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about serving the nation, good administration, welfare of the poor and building a better future for the country for all Indians, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday. Addressing the newly inducted recruits at the 8th tranche of the Rozgar Mela event organised by CRPF in Chadrayangutta here, the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology said being in government today is about service, good governance and looking after the weak and vulnerable. "It is not about authority, power or control. This is the changed concept of our maximum governance and service," he said. Rajeev Chandrasekhar said before 2014, the impression about the government or perception about governance in India was that it is dysfunctional, it is corrupt, it is only for those who are connected, it is only for those who have got a Godfather. "Therefore there is a very different connotation to the concept of government jobs. ...

It is best to ignore them: Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Congress targeting PM

Chandrasekhar further slammed Khera for his statement and said there are people who keep on pulling down the country and making country achievements look petty

Consultation on Digital India legislation to commence soon: MoS IT

The government will soon commence consultation on Digital India legislation that will outline the framework for regulation of emerging technologies, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday. India is "aware" of its responsibilities as largest connected democracy in the world, Chandrasekhar who is Minister of State for Electronics and IT, said citing ways in which India had leveraged digital technologies for inclusiveness. "We will soon be commencing our consultation on Digital India Act where the framework on how we believe user harm and emerging technologies will be regulated, will be laid out for consultation...that is a good time for everybody to come in and participate," the minister told PTI on the sidelines of Economist Impact B20 Forum. Earlier today, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, in a blog, had said India, as current holder of G20 Presidency, is "well positioned" to help advance a global discussion on AI issues. Smith had advocated broader legal

MoS IT holds meeting with delegations from Bangladesh, S Korea, France

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar held bilateral meetings with ministerial delegations and senior representatives from Bangladesh, South Korea, France and Trkiye, according to an official release. During meetings, a range of potential areas of collaboration such as Digital Public Infrastructures, India Stack, Artificial Intelligence, skilling and cybersecurity were explored. "...Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar held bilateral meetings with the ministerial delegations and other senior representatives from Bangladesh, South Korea, France and Trkiye at the fourth meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group," the release said. Chandrasekhar met and interacted with Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for ICT, Bangladesh, and had a discussion focused on potential collaborations around India Stack, cybersecurity and skilling. During the meeting, Chandrasekhar said the partnership between India and Bangladesh will .

'Data Act will make digital companies handle info under legal obligation'

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) passed by Parliament recently will make digital companies handle the data of Indian citizens under absolute legal obligation. Calling the law an important milestone in the cyber law framework, Chandrasekhar said there will be punitive consequences of high penalty and even blocking them from operating in India. "The Digital Personal Data Protection Act that was passed by Parliament a few days ago is a very important milestone in the global standard cyber law framework that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to build for the India Techade' (a decade of technology) for a trillion dollar digital economy," the union minister told PTI. The DPDP Bill is aimed at giving Indian citizens a right to have his or her data protected and casts obligations on all companies, all platforms be it foreign or Indian, small or big, to ensure that th

Digital economy to contribute over 20% of GDP by 2026: Chandrasekhar

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday forecast that the digital economy will contribute more than 20 per cent of the country's GDP in 2026. Addressing the 'G20 Digital Innovation Alliance Summit' here, he said India is a preeminent nation that adopted technology very fast and has started offering solutions to the world. "The digital economy has gone from 4-4.5 per cent in 2014 of the total GDP to 11 per cent of the total GDP today. And we expect the digital economy to contribute over 20 per cent of our GDP by 2026," Chandrasekhar said. According to him, India adopted technology not just for innovation in a broader sense, but to deliver real solutions that have transformed people's lives, governance and democracy in the last few years. "This pace of digitalisation means we are now looking at every citizen, every consumer consuming digital products or services, whether it is Instagram reels or Digital Public Infrastructure

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Data bill compliance timelines to be different for startups and big techs

This (licensing requirement for PC imports) is really about the import management system. It is about managing the type of imports bound for India, said MoS IT

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'Simple' licensing norms in the works; MoS IT meets PC, laptop makers

Regardless, PC sales during the upcoming festival season are expected to remain unhindered by the import restrictions

Govt to back industry in developing cutting-edge systems: Chandrasekhar

The Government is fully committed and ready to back the industry in developing cutting-edge competitive systems, Minister of State for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekar said on Sunday. India has an exciting opportunity and to make that opportunity fruitful, it should focus on developing commercially and globally competitive technology, he said at an event here. "The government is fully committed to making sure that DIR-V (Digital India RISC-V) microprocessor is the Indian ISA (Instruction Set Architecture), and we are ready to back the industry in developing cutting edge competitive systems," he said in a virtual address at the Digital India RISC-V Symposium. The Government of India, working towards realising the ambition of self-reliance under the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' campaign, has rolled out the Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor programme with an overall aim to create micro-processors for the future in India. RISC stands for 'Reduced Instruction Set ...

India's success is case study in using tech to transform lives: MoS IT

He emphasised the milestones achieved through Digital India in the past nine years, which catalysed the country's rapid progress towards a five trillion US dollar economy by 2026

700 districts already covered by 5G internet, a fastest rollout: MoS IT

Chandrasekhar contrasted the nine years of the Modi government with the preceding decade under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-led government

Many chipmakers in talks for India plant: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Micron last month announced plans to build a semiconductor ATMP plant in Gujarat under the government's $10-billion production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme

Govt to expand Semiconductor DLI scheme to larger, foreign firms: MoS IT

The government has set aside $200 million to help semiconductor design firms in innovation

India must emerge as trusted partner in semiconductor sector: Chandrasekhar

It is important for the world to see India emerge as a trusted, resilient partner in the electronics and semiconductor space, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said here on Saturday, and asserted the world wants to partner with India for the country to grow its footprints in the semiconductor ecosystem. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of the Semicon India 2023 event organised at Mahatma Mandir here, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for the sector is to create more and more opportunities for young Indians studying in colleges. The chip shortage witnessed recently was a combination of supply chain disruptions due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID pandemic as well as the increased demand for chips in automotive, IOT, computer, mobile phones and mobile telephony, the Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT said. "So, on the one hand, demand was going up, and on the other hand, we saw concentration of chip production in a few countries. It is important now for

AMD's R&D plans for India to spur world-class semiconductor design: MoS IT

AMD's decision to set up its largest R&D design centre in India will play an important role in building a world-class semiconductor design and innovation ecosystem in the country, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. It will also drive tremendous opportunities for large pool of highly skilled semiconductor engineers and researchers and will position India as a global talent hub, Minister of State for IT and Electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted. "I welcome @AMD's decision to set up its largest R&D #design center in #NewIndia and expansion of the India-AMD partnership. It will certainly play an important role in building a world class #semiconductor design and #innovation ecosystem," Chandrasekhar tweeted. He went on to add: "It will also provide tremendous opportunities for our large pool of highly skilled semiconductor engineers and researchers and will catalyse PM @narendramodi Ji's vision of India becoming a global talent hub." AMD on Friday announced an ..

India missed semiconductor bus, now it's a rising force: Chandrasekhar

The programme holds significance as the government-backed India Semiconductor Mission has gained traction in the past few months

Semiconductor PLI to help India do in 10 yrs what China did in 30: IT min

India is on track to becoming a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain in the next decade with USD 10 billion of incentives and assistance provided to encourage local chip manufacturing, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday. The production-linked incentive scheme last year attracted firms like Vedanta and Taiwan's Foxconn, who promised multi-billion dollar investment in setting up units to manufacture chips, which are used in products ranging from mobile phones to cars. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said there is "not one person in the semiconductor global ecosystem" that does not see India as "a very credible, viable and fast charging destination for semiconductor investments and innovation". He also said that India is on track for the next 10 years in the semiconductor space with USD 10 billion (about Rs 81,993 crore), compared to China's three decades of progress. "We are on track to do in the next