PM to address Post-Budget Webinar on ‘Unleashing the Potential – Ease of Living using Technology’ today

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will address the Post-Budget Webinar on the theme ‘Unleashing the Potential: Ease of living using Technology’ today at 10 AM via video conferencing.

The webinar will be led by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and co-led by Department of Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT). It will involve discussions on the budget announcements pertaining to theme and the specifics catering to MeitY, DPIIT, Department of Justice, Department of Telecommunications, Department of Expenditure and Department of Commerce.

Several eminent personalities namely Ms. Debjani Ghosh, NASSCOM, Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque, Dr. Pawan Goenka, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., and Shri Akash Ambani, Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd will grace the webinar and share their insights in the plenary opening session after the context setting by Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary MeitY.

The stakeholders and experts from State Governments, Industry, Start-ups, Academia and Civil Societies will deliberate and carve out milestones and implementation plan pertaining to budget announcements viz. DigiLocker Entity, National Data Governance, Address update facility, Fintech services, CoE on AI, Mission Karmayogi, E-Courts, 5G, Ease of Doing Business, Simplification of KYC, Common Business Identifier, Unified Filing Process, Vivad se Vishwas I & II, and Lab Grown Diamonds. As a part of the webinar, four parallel breakout sessions viz. Session 1: Ease of Living using technology for access (led by MeitY), Session 2: Ease of accessing justice (led by DoJ), Session 3: Ease of Doing Business using technology, especially for small businesses (led by DPIIT) and Session 4: Ease of Living using 5G use-cases and labs (led by DoT) will be organized.

The plenary closing session will have summarisation by the moderators of aforesaid breakout sessions and conclusory remarks may be made by Union Ministers.

One can join the Webinar and follow the proceedings by registering on: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqduuoqTojEtWEyaYhUVAXPBCy872vKSWi