New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) India’s data centre industry is witnessing steady growth, with the country’s total capacity rising from around 375 MW in 2020 to nearly 1,500 MW by 2025, the Parliament was informed on Friday.In a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Jitin Prasada said that to support artificial intelligence (AI) development, about 38,231 GPUs have been onboarded through 14 empanelled service providers and data centres under the AI compute capacity framewor…
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New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Union Minister Jitin Prasada on Monday said that recent Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with major global markets will create significant opportunities for India’s MSME sector to expand exports and integrate into global supply chains.Speaking at the national MSME awards ceremony — organised by the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) — Prasada said trade agreements with regions including the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand will provide Indian …
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada on Thursday said the central government will soon bring a “comprehensive package” for tea gardens in north Bengal. Jitin Prasada made the remarks after visiting tea gardens in Jalpaiguri earlier in the day.”We have come to north Bengal to listen to the current problems of the tea industry. Discussions are underway on how to overcome these problems and how to address the issues faced by workers. There is a…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Commerce and Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada on Monday described the five-day AI Summit as the “Mahakumbh for artificial intelligence”, saying that the scale and participation reflect a historic moment for India’s digital journey.In his address at the ‘AI Impact Summit 2026’ in the key session, titled ‘From AI User to Creator’, he made a call to all innovators and entrepreneurs to embrace AI and develop new solutions through it that can…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) India has improved by 79 ranks in the ease of doing business (EoDB) during the last five years in the rankings published by the World Bank Group, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Following the discontinuation of the Doing Business Report (DBR) in 2020, the World Bank launched the B-Ready Assessment in 2024 to evaluate 180+ countries over three years across 10 topics spanning the entire business lifecycle: Business Entry, Business Location, Utility Services, Labour, Fi…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said that 352 infrastructure projects with a total estimated cost of Rs 16.10 lakh crore have been evaluated through the Network Planning Group (NPG) mechanism to date. Out of these 352 projects, 201 projects have been sanctioned and out of which, 167 projects are under implementation, said Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Jitin Prasada, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.The Network Planning Group (NPG), constituted under the PM Ga…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Unified payments interface (UPI) is now live in over eight countries, including the UAE, Singapore, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, France, Mauritius and Qatar, positioning India as a global leader in digital payments, the Parliament was informed on Friday.UPI’s growing international adoption is boosting remittances, promoting financial inclusion, and strengthening India’s position in the global fintech landscape.Moreover, the government has signed MoUs/agreements with 23…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Government has approved 10 projects currently in various stages of pilot production, with envisaged investments of about Rs. 1.6 lakh crore and four having started production, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.The approved projects include two fabs and eight packaging units such as CMOS (silicon) fabs, a silicon carbide fab, advanced packaging and memory packaging units. As ma…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Over 2.5 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased persons have been deactivated to prevent identity fraud, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada told the Parliament on Wednesday.Aadhaar is the world’s largest biometric identity system with approximately 134 crores live Aadhaar holders. “As part of a nationwide clean-up effort to maintain the continued accuracy and integrity of the Aadhaar database, Unique Identification Authority of I…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told top CEOs and experts working in the field of Artificial Intelligence that there should be no compromise on the ethical use of AI.The Prime Minister was interacting with the CEOs in a meeting held at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence, in the run-up to the IndiaAI Impact Summit in February. The session was aimed at fostering strategic collaborations, showcasing AI innovations, and accelerating India’s AI mission goals.PM Modi hig…