Amid increasing chances of a Covid-19 vaccine being available soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the mobile technology will be used for mass inoculation against the pandemic.
In his address at the India Mobile Congress, he said mobile technology has enabled benefits worth billions of dollars to reach the deserving and also helped the poor and vulnerable during the pandemic. “It is also with the help of mobile technology that we will embark on one of the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive,” he said.
He further pressed for the need to work together to ensure a timely roll-out of 5G to leapfrog into the future and empower millions of Indians. Modi also pitched for making India a global hub for telecom equipment, design, development and manufacturing.
Talking about mobile technology, he said it was because of this that the government was able to provide benefits worth billions of dollars to millions of Indians.
“It is because of mobile technology that we are seeing billions of cashless transactions which boost formalisation and transparency. It is because of mobile technology that we will enable smooth contactless interface on toll booths,” the Prime Minister said.
In this tech era, government and private organisations should make maximum use of technology to reach out to the people. Public should also become tech-savvy, at least in basic technologies.