Digital India mission reflects PM Modi's futuristic thinking: Kumar Mangalam Birla

Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India mission, saying it reflects his clairvoyance and his futuristic thinking.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has articulated a bold vision of our digital future which reflects his clairvoyance and his futuristic thinking. We heartily applaud today's momentous launch," Birla said at the launch of the mission.

"Aditya Birla Group have been involved in digitisation in several ways. First we forayed into the telecom sector more than 20 years ago. I see our telecom company - Idea Cellular as a partner in creating the infrastructure for Digital India," he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Digital India Week' at the Indira Gandhi indoor stadium in the national capital today with a view to empower the people of the country through the Digital India programme.

Digital India aims to transform the country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy.

The vision of Digital India programme also aims at inclusive growth in areas of electronic services, products, manufacturing and job opportunities etc.