Cyber-awareness courses for 12 crores college students, says Cabinet
The Cabinet has approved the expansion of the Digital India programme with an outlay of Rs. 14,903 crores, saying the eight-year programme, launched 1 July 2015, has been successful in digital delivery of services to the citizens.
The expansion would enable the following:
6.25 lakh IT professionals will be re-skilled and up-skilled under the FutureSkills Prime Programme;
2.65 lakh persons will be trained in information security under the Information Security & Education Awareness Phase (ISEA) Programme;
540 additional services will be available under the Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) app/ platform. At present over 1,700 services are already available on UMANG;
9 more supercomputers will be added under National Super Computer Mission. This is in addition to 18 supercomputers already deployed;
Bhashini, the AI-enabled multi-language translation tool (currently available in 10 languages) will be rolled out in all 22 schedule 8 languages;
Modernisation of the National Knowledge Network (NKN) which connects 1,787 educational institutions;
Digital document verification facility under DigiLocker will now be available to MSMEs and other organisations;
1,200 startups will be supported in Tier 2/3 cities;
3 Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence on health, agriculture and sustainable cities will be set up;
Cyber-awareness courses for 12 crores college students;
New initiatives in the area of cyber security including development of tools and integration of more than 200 sites with National Cyber Coordination Centre.
The 16 Aug 2023 announcement will give a boost to the digital economy of India, drive digital access to services and support India’s IT and electronics ecosystem, said the Cabinet. fiinews.com
