PM Explains How Tech, Decision-Making Will Help India "Make New Singapores"
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PM Modi on NDTV: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an example of the use of technology to survey islands in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an exclusive to NDTV, said the government is working on bringing changes in bureaucracy and the decision-making process to implement big schemes using technology. The Prime Minister gave an example of the use of technology to survey islands in India.
Speaking to NDTV's Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, Prime Minister Modi said, "India has approximately 1,300 islands. I was surprised to know that we did not have a record or survey of these islands. With the help of space technology, we surveyed them and some islands are the same size as Singapore. It means for India, building new Singapores is not difficult if we do it." We are working on bringing change in the functioning of bureaucracy and the decision-making process for implementing schemes.
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