India & US to strengthen ties in electronic manufacturing & IT
Updated: Jan 14, 2015 02:26:35pm
New Delhi, Jan 14 (KNN) In a meeting between US Under Secretary of State, Catherine Novelli and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, it was decided that both the countries would strengthen ties in the field of electronic manufacturing and information technology.
The meeting was held here yesterday according to an official release, when the Minister stressed the fact that electronic manufacturing is being promoting in a big way and highlighted the various incentives that have been launched for promoting manufacturing in India.
Novelli said that the companies from the USA are very excited to join India in promoting manufacturing. But she felt that the constraints of global supply chain must also be understood while promoting Make in India.
In response, the Minister told her that if US companies are investing in India, they will be treated at par with the Indian companies and they will not be subjected to any different conditions for investing in India. If they manufacture in India, they not only sell their products in India but also export it to the rest of the world and avail incentives.
Prasad updated the visiting dignitary about the Digital India vision and its broad constituents namely- the digital infrastructure, digital delivery of services and digital empowerment of citizens.
He talked about Idukki- the first district where NOFN has been commissioned and the process of digitizing the services of the states; Digital Literacy Mission to educate the citizens about the usage of digital technology; Jeevan Pramaan- a biometric identity based pension certification system and the biometric attendance system; and MyGov, a participative platform developed for citizens to take active participation in the process of governance.
Prasad also brought up the issue of cyber security, another area of concern for cooperation between India and the USA, while raising the issue of governance of internet and net neutrality.
The Under Secretary felt that the discussions on internet governance have become more broad based and inclusive.
There is a need to have dialogues with engineers, IT professionals, companies, stakeholders. Net neutrality is an area on which the US federal government has taken a firm stand that we do not want any compromises on net neutrality, she said.
Echoing similar sentiments, Prasad reiterated that internet is an instrument for the masses and it must remain so. As far as government architecture to deal with the issue of net neutrality is concerned India is studying the same and discussing it with stakeholders, he said. (KNN/ES)
The meeting was held here yesterday according to an official release, when the Minister stressed the fact that electronic manufacturing is being promoting in a big way and highlighted the various incentives that have been launched for promoting manufacturing in India.
Novelli said that the companies from the USA are very excited to join India in promoting manufacturing. But she felt that the constraints of global supply chain must also be understood while promoting Make in India.
In response, the Minister told her that if US companies are investing in India, they will be treated at par with the Indian companies and they will not be subjected to any different conditions for investing in India. If they manufacture in India, they not only sell their products in India but also export it to the rest of the world and avail incentives.
Prasad updated the visiting dignitary about the Digital India vision and its broad constituents namely- the digital infrastructure, digital delivery of services and digital empowerment of citizens.
He talked about Idukki- the first district where NOFN has been commissioned and the process of digitizing the services of the states; Digital Literacy Mission to educate the citizens about the usage of digital technology; Jeevan Pramaan- a biometric identity based pension certification system and the biometric attendance system; and MyGov, a participative platform developed for citizens to take active participation in the process of governance.
Prasad also brought up the issue of cyber security, another area of concern for cooperation between India and the USA, while raising the issue of governance of internet and net neutrality.
The Under Secretary felt that the discussions on internet governance have become more broad based and inclusive.
There is a need to have dialogues with engineers, IT professionals, companies, stakeholders. Net neutrality is an area on which the US federal government has taken a firm stand that we do not want any compromises on net neutrality, she said.
Echoing similar sentiments, Prasad reiterated that internet is an instrument for the masses and it must remain so. As far as government architecture to deal with the issue of net neutrality is concerned India is studying the same and discussing it with stakeholders, he said. (KNN/ES)
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