Woman entrepreneur tells PM how she gave digital push to silk sarees

Varanasi: Anupama Dubey, a woman entrepreneur in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, shared her experiences with the PM on selling traditional silk sarees through Mahila e-Haat.
She got the opportunity to talk to the PM on Thursday, when he was interacting with the beneficiaries of ‘Digital India’ through video conference on the occasion of ‘Digital India’ completing six years of inception.
While interacting with the PM, Anupama also explained how she uses the latest technology like digital pad and stylus to make new designs for silk sarees.
In his address, the PM said that Digital India is the instrument for Aatma Nirbhar Bharat, and is a manifestation of a strong India that is emerging in the 21st century. He expressed his satisfaction over how Digital India has changed the lives of the beneficiaries.
The PM noted the benefits of Svanidhi Scheme and solving the problem of lack of security of ownership through Swamitva scheme. He also mentioned e-Sanjivini scheme with regard to remote medicine and informed that work is on for an effective platform under National Digital Health Mission.
Giving an example of how Digilocker helped millions of people especially during the pandemic, the PM said that the services like getting a driving licence, birth certificate, paying electricity bill, paying water bill, filing income tax return have become fast and convenient and, in villages, e- Common Service Centres (CSCs) are helping the people. It is through Digital India, initiatives like One Nation One Ration Card are realized. He commended the Supreme Court for asking all the states to implement the initiative.
The PM also interacted with other beneficiaries from across the country, including Suhani Sahu, a student from Balrampur (UP), Prahlad Borghad from Hingoli (Maharashtra), Shubbam Kumar from a village near Nepal border in East Champaran (Bihar), Dr Bhupender Singh from Lucknow, Hari Ram, a migrant now living in Dehradun (Uttarakhand) Mehar Dutt Sharma from Dharampur (Himachal Pradesh), Najmeen Shah, a street vendor from Ujjain (MP) on the occasion.