Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the successful completion of nine years of the Digital India initiative. In a social media post, Mr Modi said, Digital India symbolizes an empowered India which boosts Ease of Living and transparency. He also shared the glimpse of the strides made in the last decade.
Due to Digital India campaign, over 11 Crore farmers now receive money directly in their bank accounts which is more than the populations of Canada and France combined. Over 137 Crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated, a unique ID for every Indian which is empowering millions with digital identity. Over 674 crore documents issued by DigiLocker.
BharatNet has laid 6.83 lakh kilometres of optical fibre network enough to circle the Earth over 17 times. There has been ore than 535 lakh crore rupees of UPI transactions. Over 34.6 crore Ayushman Cards created and it is more than the population of the USA. Over Nine crore FASTags issued it’s almost equal to the number of vehicles manufactured worldwide in 2023.
