eGovWatch: Transaction on e-governance services doubled in 2015: Ravi Shankar Prasad

By Agencies On Jan 13, 2016

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked Department of Electronics and IT Secretary (Deity) Aruna Sharma to look into the scheme of Ringing Bells offering a smartphone for just Rs 251. This has come in response to a letter from BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.Somaiya has approached a host of ministries, including telecom and finance, regulators Sebi, Trai, RBI, and state governments, raising issues about the company claiming to offer the world's cheapest mobile phone.

“According to the government website electronic transaction aggregation and analysis layer (eTaal), 3.53 billion transaction took place in 2014, which almost doubled in 2015 to 6.95 billion…”

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the electronic transaction in India regarding e-governance related services almost doubled in 2015.

“According to the government website electronic transaction aggregation and analysis layer (eTaal), 3.53 billion transaction took place in 2014, which almost doubled in 2015 to 6.95 billion… This shows Indians drive for technology,” the minister said.

He was addressing the i-bharat 2016 seminar organised by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

eTaal is a web portal for dissemination of e-transactions statistics of national and state level e-governance projects including mission mode projects.

“Indians have a great taste for technology. They first observe it, then adopt it and finally enjoy it. Indians by temperament are innovative,” the minister added.

Speaking about all the digital initiatives his government had started, Prasad said: “Digital momentum in India has started and we as policy makers have to facilitate it.”

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eGovWatch: Transaction on e-governance services doubled in 2015: Ravi Shankar Prasad

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