Kiran Soni Gupta, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India
9th KE Goa 2019: Digital India can create a trillion dollar economy, provided we leverage the digital technology to our use, says #KiranSoniGupta, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India at #EletsKnowledgeExchange Summit, held in Goa on 11-12 May, 2019.
Digital India leading way for Data Mining and Analytics
According to Gupta, #DigitalIndia acts as a database to tell us about the number of internet users we have in the country and how the mobile users are changing and the fact that almost 12 billion applications are downloaded every day. She says, “Government is the biggest repository of data. We have to think about utilising this Big Data by drawing inferences and connecting dots which can give us important cues on policy formation. Ultimately, the aim of Digital India is to enable the Government to do the right policy formulation which aims at the welfare of people.”
Speaking at the inaugural session, she stressed on the fact that the #technology is touching multiple chords in our lives and the scheme of Digital India has transformed the interface of communication between the Government and the citizens. “We have experienced reforms in several sectors, be it Agriculture or e-Passport system, e-Hospitals, e-Courts, Digi-Lockers, Common Service Centres for the citizens to name a few. The whole interface of interaction between government and public has changed.”
Cybersecirty – Biggest Challenge of Technological Growth
Talking about the challenges of the increasing usage of technology and Digital India, Gupta states, “One of the challenges we face is of data privacy and protection. The draft of Data Protection and Security Bill is almost ready and is likely to be introduced in the next session of the Parliament. #Cybersecurity is an area of rising significance. We all know that information is power and the wars will be fought on the digital platform. We know how much security we need to build in our systems. With every email exchange or online transaction, a huge amount of data is stored which can be easily misused.”
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