Budget 2019: Technology Highlights
No charge on digital payments: MDR charges waived on cashless payment
Interest subvention for up to Rs 2.5 lakh on purchase of the electric vehicle
Apple Benefits: India to ease local sourcing norms for single-brand retail
Bharat Net, which is targeting internet connectivity in local bodies in every Panchayat, to be speeded up under USOF (Universal Service Obligation Fund)
Electronic Fundraising Platform, a social stock exchange, to be set up to list social enterprises and voluntary organizations working on social welfare objectives
Improve the skills of our youth in technological areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Robotics etc
An exclusive TV channel proposed for start-ups under Doordarshan; the aim is to broadcast information in the industry
FM: 80 business incubators and 20 technology incubators to be set up in 2019-20 under ASPIRE (A Scheme for Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industries and Entrepreneurship)
A National Education Policy with an aim to transform the country's higher education system
A new public sector enterprise, New Space India Limited (NSIL) incorporated to tap benefits of ISRO
Space research/satellite launches commerce to be streamlined via a new PSU
FM proposes a new payment platform for MSME sector (MSME- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Sector
Way to $5 trillion economy: Heavy investment in infrastructure, digital economy and job creation
FAME II scheme to encourage faster adoption of electric vehicles by offering incentives and charging infrastructure
"One Nation, One Grid" for power to states at affordable rates
National Common Mobility will enable people to pay transport charges across India. This card runs on RuPay card and allows users to pay bus charges, parking charges and more