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AP Govt planning more tech institutions
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that the government was contemplating to increase technical educational institutions to provide qualitative education to rural youth.
​Kadapa: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that the government was contemplating to increase technical educational institutions to provide qualitative education to rural youth.
Addressing the students at during the convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in R K Valley on Wednesday, he said people have to depend on technology as IT would be the future.
Calling for a knowledge society, the Chief Minister said, “A society enabled and empowered by technology is a society ready to meet the challenges of the future.”
Stating that developing IT was his vision, Naidu informed that the government was focussing on seamless communication network, besides Internet of Things (IOT).
He lauded RGUKT chancellor D Raj Reddy for providing the technical education to the rural youth. “We have spent Rs 330 crore for setting up Fiber Grid. Every house in the State will get internet, besides digital TV network and others,” he informed.
Defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move, Naidu claimed was the first person to suggest the PM to spike high value notes to preventing black money.
“People suffered with cash crunch, albeit temporarily. We overcame the problem due to initiatives taken by the government,” he stated and asserted that mobile transactions would be in vogue in future.
Minister for Human Resources Development Ganta Srinivasa Rao and others were present.
