"We had to remain in line for taking birth certificates, paying bills, getting ration or taking admission just 10 years back but now everything is online," the PM said.
“I'm reliably told that on Shaadi.com -- reliably told by somebody else -- that the keyword that now is searched for most often is not is not IAS, not IPS," said Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
The ministry on July 1 is estimated to have received an investment commitment of about Rs 4.7 lakh crore from leading Indian conglomerates and global companies including Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, Aditya Birla group and Vedanta.
Inaugurating 'Digital India Week', he pitched for a digital revolution in the country, saying it is necessary to deal with problems like corruption, help provide transparent and efficient governance and bridge the rich-poor divide.
Kumar Mangalam Birla of the Birla Group was speaking at the launch of Digital India Week in New Delhi.