At the launch of a two-day festival on drones, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the use of technology in the past eight years as a “bridge” for reaching government benefits to the poor and mocked those who create “fear” about it. He said that while technology was earlier seen as anti-poor, under him its use had proliferated among the masses, instead of being the preserve of the few.
“This is a festival not just of technology, but of new India, new governance and unprecedented positivity. Eight years ago, when we implemented minimum government and maximum governance and made ease of living and ease of doing business our priority, we walked on the path of sabka saath, sabka vikas to connect every individual to the government,” the PM said at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
Over 1,600 delegates comprising senior Ministers, government officials, foreign diplomats, armed forces, the Central Armed Police Forces, public sector undertakings, private companies and drone start-ups were present at the event.
