Centre saved ₹56,000 cr through Aadhaar-enabled DBT: Modi
Dubai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Centre has saved Rs 56,000 crores through Aadhaar- enabled direct benefit transfer of about 400 government schemes.
Stating that technology plays a pivotal role in the growth of an economy, Modi said one tax structure or GST has been made possible in India only because of it.
In his keynote address at the World Government Summit in Dubai, he said the government's e-market programme of GEM has witnessed transactions worth Rs 4,500 crores in a very short span of time.
Government e-Marketplace is meant for online purchase of commonly used goods and services by various central government ministries and departments.
Modi said due to technology-enabled GEM, even smallest of traders can sell their goods using this platform.
He further said India is going through a revolution in digital payment space and fast moving towards a less cash economy.
Modi said technology, which is changing at a speed of thought, has given a boost to his idea of 'minimum government and maximum governance' which today has changed the common man's life.
The Indian PM on Sunday met UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation in trade, defence and people-to-people contacts.
Modi also met business leaders from Gulf Cooperation Council countries and shared his vision of "new India" with them.
"Strengthening our comprehensive strategic partnership! Prime Minister Modi met with Vice President and PM of UAE Sheikh Mohammed in Dubai," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
The two leaders had an engaging discussion on expanding cooperation in trade and investment, defence and security and people-to-people contacts, Kumar said.
Modi said India's relations with the UAE was much more than that of a buyer and a seller as he hailed the country's growing ties with the Gulf countries as "deep, broad and vibrant."
Addressing the members of the Indian community at the Dubai Opera House here on the second day of his two-day visit to the UAE, Modi said his government was trying to bring India to a global benchmark.
"Today, be it the UAE or other Gulf nations, our relationship with them is not just that of a buyer and a seller. It has become much more," Modi said.
The Prime Minister assured the Indian community that his government will work to bring to reality their dreams. He officially launched a project for the construction of the first Hindu
temple in Abu Dhabi, describing the holy place as a "catalytic agent" of humanity and harmony that will become a medium of India's identity. More reports inside