Google Needs to Empower Indians: Ravi Shankar Prasad

San Francisco: India seeks greater involvement of Google in digital inclusion programmes including “Digital Village” initiative to empower millions of people in the country, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has told the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai. The “Digital Village” or “DigiGaon” programme is aimed at connecting villages with Wi-Fi and provide digital literacy to its residents and assist in entrepreneurship opportunities. The government plans to expand the initiative to 700 villages across the country by the end of this year. (IANS)