NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on August 17 approved extension of Digital India project with an outlay ofRs14,903 crore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. He said that the extended Digital India project will add on to the work done under the previous version of the scheme.
“Prime Minister Modi in the cabinet meeting has approved Digital India programme with outlay ofRs14,903 crore,” Vaishnaw said.
He said that under the project 5.25 lakh IT professionals will be reskilled and upskilled and 2.65 lakh persons will be trained in IT. Under the extended Digital India project nine more super computers will be added under the National Supercomputing Mission(NCM).
