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Digital India to be $1-trn economy in 5-7 yrs: Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union minister for communication and information technology, said he expected Digital India to be a $1 trillion economy in the next five to seven years.Prasad was speaking at the launch of LG's K7 and K10 smartphones here. With this, LG joins the long list of foreign companies to participate in the government's ambitious 'Make in India' initiative. The newly launched devices will be manufactured at the company's plant in Noida. He said to ensure the progress of programmes such as Digital India and Startup India from ground zero, the government has five initiatives to strengthen digital infrastructure.The first step involves connecting 250,000 gram panchayat clusters through an optical fibre network, actually started in 2011-12.Prasad said, "When our government came into power, the total optical fibre laid down was only 327 km and the total optical piping was 2,200 km. In less than two years, we have laid down nearly 135,000 km of optical pipes and 115,000 km of
Govt receives proposals worth Rs 1,20,000 cr for electronics manufacturing
In 2014-15, 54 million mobile units were assembled and manufactured in the country, which has more than doubled to 110 million units in 2015-16
 "Govt receives proposals worth Rs 1,20,000 cr for electronics manufacturing")
