PM Modi Stresses On Innovation Solution To Tackle Cyber Threat

01 March,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday emphasized the need for finding innovative solution to tackle cyber threat.

Speaking at the silver jubilee celebration of NASSCOM, he said, cyber security is the current challenge faced by the world and asked Indian IT giants to develop technology to deal with the challenge.

Highlighting importance of IT, the Prime Minister said, IT changed the way the world looked at India. Prime reason for IT’s success is because government has not been a participant, he said and added that . IT sector has grown to 146 billion US dollars from 100 million US dollars 25 years back.

The Prime Minister lauded NASSCOM saying it does not happen often when an organisation becomes a movement.

He said lakhs of people have gained employment through NASSCOM.r Modi said, with changing times, i-ways or information ways have become as important as highways, and progress is incomplete without i-ways.Digital India is the way to empower people of the nation, Prime Minister said.