Addressing the 2nd United Nations World Geospatial International Congress by way of video message on Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi stated the steps taken by India up to now few years reflecting the theme of this 12 months’s convention is “last man at last”. Empowering Individuals” – ‘Geo-enabling Global Villages: No one needs to be left behind’.
“Four 450 million unbanked people, a population greater than in the United States, were brought under banking and 135 million people were insured. Sanitation facilities to 110 million households and tap water connections to over 60 million households,” he stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
