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By Anandita Singh Mankotia, ET Bureau | 25 Jun, 2015, 07.56AM IST

NEW DELHI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders, Tata Group
Chairman Cyrus Mistry, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Wipro Chairman
Azim Premji will be among 400 corporate honchos who will attend the launch of the
government's ambitious 'Digital India' initiative on July 1.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to launch the logo for the Rs 1.13 lakh crore
project using a laser beam in front of an audience of about 10,000 people. "As many as 50
ambassadors and high commissioners will be in attendance for the launch as part of the
total 1,500 VVIPS," a senior official told ET.
Anumber of memoranda of understanding for investment proposals will also be signed on
that day, the official said. Modi is expected to launch e-education, ehealth and telemedicine
services under the Digital India initiative.

The inauguration comes in the wake of the government rolling

out the National Optical Fibre Network across 20,000 village
panchayats.

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all government hospitals," another official told ET.
The prime minister will also launch a digital locker facility that will help
citizens to store documents such as their PAN card, passport, marks
sheets and degree certificates.
The communications and IT ministry under Ravi Shankar Prasad is the
nodal agency for the implementation of Modi's pet project, which is aimed at digitally connecting 100 crore people across the country in
the next five years and delivering social and economic services digitally to them. The Prime Minister is also expected to launch Wi-Fi
services at 50 tourist sites, including Konark and Hampi on that day, the person cited first said.
The inauguration comes in the wake of the government rolling out the National Optical Fibre Network across 20,000 village panchayats.
The network forms the backbone of Digital India as it will provide high-speed broadband connectivity. The government has set a target of
widening the network to all 2.5 lakh panchayats by the end of 2016.
All services will then be delivered over the fibre.
The government is hopeful of retailing broadband services on the network at less than Rs 150 per month in poorer states and at about Rs
250 per month in the more economically advanced states. The broadband service will have a minimum speed of 2 Mbps going up to 20
Mbps for all households and on-demand capacity to all institutions.
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