Electronics and Information Technology
in the Union Budget 2022
·
Ministry of Electronics & IT to participate in Post- Budget Webinar
on ‘Technology-enabled development’
·
Prime Minister to address the Plenary Session
The Government of India is organizing a series
of webinars across various sectors to facilitate the efficient implementation of
announcements made by the finance minister under Union Budget 2022. The webinar
series is bringing experts from the public and private sectors, academia, and industry,
on a single platform, to ideate on implementation strategies across sectors.
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser
(PSA) along with several scientific ministries and departments of the Government
of India will organize a webinar titled “Technology-enabled development”
on March 2, 2022. The webinar will start with the Prime Minister addressing the
plenary 1 / inaugural session. The second part of the webinar will have four thematic
breakaway sessions. These thematic sessions will be led, one each, by Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Department
of Telecommunications (DoT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR),
and Department of Science and Technology (DST).
As a part of the thematic breakaway session on
‘Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development’, the two panel discussions
will be organised by MeitY on
the following topics:
1.
Energizing Start-ups and Deep
Tech with Data & Artificial Intelligence
2.
Making India Global Hub for
Data Centre and Cloud
Each topic will cover the discussion in length
on following aspects:
1.
Prominent initiatives
2.
Potential for job creation/boosting
employability
3.
Technological self-reliance
4.
Plan for achieving the vision
of Amrut Kaal - India @2047
5.
Suggested course of action,
while reducing the compliance burden
The third part of the webinar will have the Secretaries
and Ministers of the above Departments discussing action points from the breakaway
sessions and charting the way ahead towards implementation. Ashwini
Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics
& Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship; and Electronics and Information Technology and
Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (I/C) for Science
and Technology, Minister of State (I/C) for Earth Sciences and Minister of State
for Prime Mister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy
& Space will also grace the occasion.
The sessions will have participants from Central
Ministries / Departments, State Governments, industry, industry associations, start-ups,
and academia. The details of the event can be seen at https://events.negd.in/. The webinar can be seen
live at Digital India’s youtube channel and at link https://youtu.be/vR5GbW-c9-c