NEW DELHI: Emphasising that the government’s Aarogya Setu app protects individual user’s privacy, Telecom and IT Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad
said on Monday that the coronavirus-hit world needs to adopt technology and artificial intelligence even more strongly and the efforts are required in areas such as agriculture, healthcare, education and innovation.
Speaking at the global webinar on Artificial Intelligence organised by the Bennett University, Prasad said that the government is already focused on harnessing technology to ensure inclusive growth and distribution of relief and social-sector benefits in an equitable manner. Moreover, the government wants that much of the cutting-edge technology could be developed within the country for which it is also encouraging the start-up eco-system and