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28 September 2017
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Government
has saved Rs 58,000 crore through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme used
in various subsidy programmes, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on
Thursday. The Total Investment &
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The electronics and IT minister said the
government is utilising digital technology to bring about changes that benefit
poor and underprivileged.
"We opened Jan Dhan accounts for poor
and underprivileged. We linked that to Aadhaar and mobile phones. and we
started sending gas subsidy, ration subsidy, kerosene subsidy and food subsidy
directly to the bank account. We have saved Rs 58,000 crore which used to be
pocketed by middlemen," Prasad said at the AIMA convention here. The Total Investment & Insurance
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This
Rs 58,000 crore money is not private money it is tax payer's money which
required to be saved and digital governance is doing that, he added.
Elaborating on the success of the DBT
initiative, Prasad said that the government has so far been able to unearth 3
crore fake gas connections and has also annulled 2.7 crore fake ration cards. The Total Investment & Insurance
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"The idea we set for ourselves when we
went for digital revolution is, that we want to create technology which is
inclusive and at the same time affordable and dependable," he added. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Linking up various schemes and services like
hospitals digitally have benefited the poor and underprivileged, Prasad said.
The minister also confirmed that discussions
were held recently to link driving license with Aadhaar card in order contain
issue of dual licenses.
"We are going to link up your motor
vehicle driving license with Aadhaar," Prasad noted. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Bullish on growth of digital economy in the
country, the minister said the segment would be a 1 trillion dollar industry
over the next 5-7 years.
"Indian digital economy is going to
become 1 trillion dollar economy in coming 5-7 years. When I say digital
economy it includes IT and IT enabled services, communications, electronics
manufacturing, cyber security, digital payments and e-commerce," Prasad
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The segment would also help generate
additional employment to around 50-70 lakh people over the next 5-7 years, he
added.
Elaborating on mobile companies setting
manufacturing plants in the country, Prasad said that over the last three years
around 100 new companies have set production facilities. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
"Noida and Greater Noida have become a
hit with around 32 plants coming up in the region. The units are for mobiles,
batteries, chargers etc," he added.
He added that with the growth of mobile
segment, app consumption itself is going to become a multi-billion industry in
India.
Referring to critics Prasad said: "Jo
alochna karte hain woh alochana karte rahen, hum apna kaam karte rahen. (Let
those who criticise, criticise, we will keep doing our work.)"The Total Investment & Insurance
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