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Tag: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches Startup Challenge Contest “Chunauti”

Aug. 28 Economy, Education, Politics, Social Cause Comments

(New Delhi) Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches Startup Challenge Contest “Chunauti” to Boost Startups
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technolog Ravi Shankar Prasad today launched “Chunauti”- Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest to further boost startups and software products with special focus on Tier-II towns of India. The government has earmarked a budget of Rs. 95.03 Crore over a period of three years for this programme. It aims to identify around 300 startups working in identified areas and provide them seed fund of upto Rs. 25 Lakh and other facilities
Under this challenge the Ministry of Electronics and IT will invite startups in the following areas of work:
Edu-Tech, Agri-Tech & Fin-Tech Solutions for masses
Supply Chain, Logistics & Transportation Management
Infrastructure & Remote monitoring
Medical Healthcare, Diagnostic, Preventive & Psychological Care
Jobs & Skilling, Linguistic tools & technologies

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IT Minister Prasad Self Isolates; Met Shah on Saturday

Aug. 03 Natural Calamity, Politics Comments

(New Delhi)IT Minister Prasad Self Isolates; Met Shah on Saturday
IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has gone into self isolation, as he had met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday evening
This self-isolation is based on existing protocol
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and is getting admitted to a hospital following the advice of doctors
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Cong Demand For RS Adjournment on Call Surveillance Syphoned to Zero Hr

Mar. 19 Crime, Economy, India, Politics, Social Cause, Unrest Strikes Comments

(New Delhi)Cong Demand For Adjournment on call Surveilance Syphoned to Zero Hr :Rajya Sabha
Opposition Congress on Wednesday raised in Rajya Sabha the order of the telecom department seeking huge call data records in cities such as Delhi, saying it was tantamount to converting India into a surveillance state.
Congress Deputy Leader in the Upper House Anand Sharma gave a notice under Rule 267 seeking adjournment of business of the day to discuss the move but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu converted it into a Zero Hour mention.
Sharma said under the new guidelines framed by the previous UPA government, after clearance from the Home Secretary, officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) and above alone were authorised to seek such details from telecom operators.
In addition to this, SPs are required to give a mandatory declaration to District Magistrates (DMs) about the CDRs obtained every month.
Responding to the issue, Law and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said with approval and cooperation of telecom operators, CDR had been sought to deal with call drop issue.
“I want to assure that there is no surveillance, no phone tapping, no call recording,” he said, adding there is no invasion of privacy.

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Rahul Gandhi Doing Politics On Dead Bodies:Ravi Shankar

Mar. 22 Politics, Social Cause, Unrest Strikes Comments

[New Delhi]Rahul Gandhi Doing Politics On Dead Bodies:Ravi Shankar,
He told reporters.”All I will tell Rahul Gandhi he should not do politics on dead bodies of Indians who lost their lives in very unfortunate circumstances,”
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also rejected the Congress’ claim that it had never used the services of Cambridge Analytica, and insisted that the opposition party and Gandhi did do it.
His response came after Gandhi suggested that the government had “invented” a story about the Congress’ alleged links with a controversial data firm to divert the media attention from these deaths as it was caught “lying” on the issue.
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Modi’s Another Master Stroke,Direct Subsidy To 100 cr Aadhaar Holders

Apr. 02 Social Cause Comments

[New Delhi,]Modi Govt’s another Master Stroke,Direct Subsidy To100 cr Aadhaar Card Holders
Aadhaar enrolments are set to cross the 100 crore mark in a couple of days, which will boost the governments plan to provide subsidies and benefits under various social sector schemes directly.
As per the website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which is implementing the Aadhaar project, “99.91 crore is the total number of Aadhaars issued as on date.
Portal counts/reports are not updated due to maintenance activities. Portal will be updated shortly.”
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will hold a press conference on Monday to announce the 100 crore mark of Aadhaar enrolments.
The government has already passed the Aadhaar Bill, providing statutory backing to the scheme.
The government wants to complete the enrolment process under the unique identification project at the earliest to use Aadhaar as a tool to provide subsidies and benefits under various social sector schemes directly.
Under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, benefits like scholarships+pension+ cooking gas subsidy are directly transferred to beneficiaries’ bank accounts.
The government intends to use Aadhaar as a tool to authenticate the identity of people to weed out ghost beneficiaries and plug leakages in spending on various social sector schemes.

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