Google has signed an MoU
with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to support the ‘Digital Andhra Pradesh’
vision. To realise this vision, Google India, along with the state government,
will launch a number of initiatives aimed towards bridging the Digital divide,
and enabling skill development.
The Government of Andhra
Pradesh intends to develop AP into a global digital development hub with its’
Digital AP programme. The vision laid out under the programme is in tandem with
the Prime Minister's Digital India plan.
The MoU also include
helping AP government make their websites mobile-ready and accessible in the
local language; promoting Internet Safety amongst children and government
officials; improve and get more local language content online.
The partnership will also
help to scale initiatives to promote digital literacy amongst women, and
helping small medium businesses in AP to gain from the Internet economy and
going digital.
“We want to become the
first State to embrace the Prime minister’s vision of Digital India and set an
example for other States to follow. We are happy to announce a number of
initiatives along with Google that will serve as the foundation in achieving the
digital AP vision. I will personally be involved in ensuring the roll out of
these initiatives and monitor the impact,” said N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
RajanAnandan, VP & MD,
Google India, added, “Creating awareness about the benefits of Internet and
promoting its adoption amongst women, small medium businesses and children can
deliver a huge economic impact for the state. Improving accessibility to
government websites and scaling the local language web can open up a whole new
opportunity for local entrepreneurs and make the Internet more meaningful to
non english speaking users.”