Cabinet has accepted the extension of Digital India project with an outlay of ₹ 14,903 crore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
The extended Digital India project will further drive the transformation efforts across the country.
"Prime Minister in the cabinet meeting has approved Digital India programme with outlay of ₹ 14,903 crore," said the minister.
He added that in the extended project 5.25 lakh IT professionals will be reskilled and upskilled and 2.65 lakh persons will be trained in IT.
The project will also include nine more super computers under the National Supercomputing Mission(NCM).
The minister said that already 18 super computers have been deployed under NCM.
