"Information technology should be used to its maximum potential and common man should be empowered by using technological interventions," Modi said after inaugurating the country's largest software firm's state-of-the-art 10,000-seat TCS'Garmia Park campus here.
"There is a myth that IT is for rich people only. Technological intervention can change the life of poor and more and more technology can be used to upgrade the life of poor people," Modi said.
He also mentioned about his 'Swagat' online programme in which any person from anywhere in Gujarat can complain to the chief minister regarding the grievances faced by them.
"Prime Minister may be able to remove corruption or not, but you can do it," Modi told the young IT experts of TCS.
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He said the Gujarat check-post at the border with Maharashtra is earning Rs 400 crore more per year than the one in the neighbouring state despite the fact that same number of vehicles pass through both the check posts.
Developed in over 25.5 acres of land with a built-up area of 1.6 million square feet, the Garmia park is the latest addition to the company's global network of software development and delivery centres, he said.