Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for communication, electronics and information technology
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) — the government’s nodal agency for cyber forensics, emergency response and cyber diagnosis — will be massively expanded. The programme will also include the development of cybersecurity tools and the integration of more than 200 sites with the National Cyber Coordination Centre.
New Delhi:
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved extension of Digital India project with an outlay of Rs 14,903 crore to to scale up digital skilling, cybersecurity, e-governance services, and the development of artificial intelligence (AI), said Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for communication, electronics and information technology.
The minister said that the extended Digital India project will add on to the work done under the previous version of the scheme.
”Prime Minister in the cabinet meeting has approved Digital India programme with outlay of Rs 14,903 crore. Cybersecurity is set to be at the forefront of initiatives under the extended Digital India scheme. Around 265,000 citizens will be trained in information security under the Information Security & Education Awareness Phase (ISEA) Programme.,” Vaishnaw said.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) — the government’s nodal agency for cyber forensics, emergency response and cyber diagnosis — will be massively expanded. The programme will also include the development of cybersecurity tools and the integration of more than 200 sites with the National Cyber Coordination Centre.
As announced earlier, the government plans to build three Centres of Excellence (CoE) for the development of AI research and innovation ecosystem in the country. These centres will focus on health, agriculture, and sustainable cities. The AI-enabled multi-language translation tool Bhashini, which is currently available in 10 languages, will be rolled out in all 22 official languages of the country.
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).
The minister said that already 18 super computers have been deployed under NCM.