Zeliang asks people to seize Digital India opportunity

Holding that the simultaneous launch of national level programmes are indicative of Centre's approach for inclusive growth, Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang today said the Digital India initiative is a golden opportunity for the northeastern state and must not be missed.
The national-level plans and programmes reach Nagaland at a later stage but under Prime Minister Narendra Modi many of them are now being launched simultaneously signaling the beginning of the spirit of cooperative federation in the country, Zeliang said.
"It is an indication that the Government of India is now serious to bring about inclusive development even for far- flung areas like Nagaland," he said initiating the Digital India Week here.

Stating that he would not like the people of Nagaland to be called "illiterate", the chief minister said, "We must adopt all friendly technologies, so that our people will stand out as winners in the race of mankind of the 21st Century.
"The day is not very far, when people will say that if one does not know how to use computer, they will be considered as illiterate," he said.
"The Digital India programme has come at the opportune time for our people and we must not miss this golden opportunity to put them at par with the rest of the world.

"Our youth have the aptitude to embrace e-governance and other IT enabled services, but we need a proper enabling infrastructure particularly a reliable broadband connectivity," the chief minister said.
Efforts would be made in this connection, he said, to improve optical fibre communication in the state by reaching the services to every district headquarter and sub-division.
Minister for Information Technology and Communication P Paiwang Konyak on the occasion appealed to the people of the state, especially the youth, to seize this opportunity of Digital India to transform the state.