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Government plans open software policy to enhance transparency'
New Delhi, March 25
The government is shortly
coming out with an “open software policy†to further the process of
transparency and credibility in administration, Communications and IT
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Wednesday.
“The
Department of Posts and Common Service Centres with presence in nearly
four lakh centres are being deployed to further empower less privileged
people by digitalisation,†he said speaking at the IIIrd Web Ratna
Awards ceremony.
Prasad called for collective approach of related government departments to create a friendly outlook.
He
mentioned that the “Digital India†initiative of the government is
fundamentally aimed at making government more people-friendly and to
bridge the gap between haves and have-not classes through digital
empowerment.
He said that with an internet penetration of 300
million, India is only next to China in terms of reach and this number
is all set to touch 500 million in a couple of years.