In the matrimonial world, looking for a life partner who is an IAS, IPS, a professor, or works in a reputed government job was regarded as a social currency. However, with the growing number of entrepreneurs in the country, this trend appears to be declining, according to Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT.
The minister recently joked that the most searched keyword’ on Shaadi.com is not IAS or IPS, as one might expect. Instead, “startup founder” is used.
Chandrasekhar made this observation while speaking at Digital India Week.
“I’m reliably told on Shaadi.com – reliably told by someone else – that the keyword that is now most frequently searched for is not IAS, not IPS, not Tata company or Birla company, but startup employee or startup founder,” the minister said.
However, the minister was not taking himself seriously and was making a joke.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Tuesday. Prime Minister Modi praised the role of digital technology in improving people’s lives, saying that India has eliminated queues or lines by going online and offering a variety of services. He claimed that over the last eight years, the DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) initiative, which aims to transfer subsidies or financial assistance directly to eligible beneficiaries via their linked bank accounts, has saved Rs. 2,23,000 crore that would otherwise have gone to ineligible people, has saved Rs. During the event, PM Modi also launched Meri Pehchaan, a single sign-in portal, and the website IndiaStack.Global, MyScheme.
‘Indiastack. global’ is a global repository of key India Stack projects such as Aadhaar, UPI, Digilocker, Cowin Vaccination Platform, Government e-Marketplace (GeM), DIKSHA Platform, and Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission. This contribution by India to the Global Public Digital Goods repository will help position India as a leader in building Digital Transformation projects on a population scale and will be of enormous assistance to other countries seeking such technology solutions.
‘MyScheme’ is a service discovery platform that makes it easier to access Government Schemes. It intends to provide a one-stop search and discovery portal where users can find schemes for which they are eligible.
‘Meri Pehchaan’- National Single Sign-On for a Single Citizen Login. National Single Sign-On (NSSO) is a user authentication service that allows access to multiple online applications or services using a single set of credentials.
