Updated Feb 17, 2021 | 12:59 IST
PM Narendra Modi addressed the IT industry body NASSCOM s flagship two-day event on February 17 at 12.30 pm via videoconferencing. PM Modi to IT sector captains at NASSCOM NTLF event I Source: @BJP4India  |  Photo Credit: Twitter
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) Technology and Leadership (NLT) event on Wednesday through video conferencing.
A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | AFP/PIB
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that India had become a “more confident nation” when it came to national security and securing the country’s borders, reported PTI. His comments came amid simmering tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.
“The biggest consideration on geospatial regulations was on security,” Modi said, while addressing the Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum. “India is more confident nation now which can be seen on our borders.”
The prime minister hailed his government’s role in using technology for the betterment of people. “Whether its projects related to our infrastructure or building of homes of the poor, Geotagging of every projects is being done so that they can be completed on time,” Modi said. “Even today, villages are being mapped with the help of drones, and human interface is being reduced in tax-related matters
Mumbai, February 17
India is brimming with confidence, and the events on the borders and the government’s decision to liberalise geospatial data are representative of the same, Prime Minister N