It Minister

IT Minister asks bankers to create robust, digital platform for easy credit availability to small businesses

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the event, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav further said the idea was to ensure that easy credit at good terms, through a seamless process could be made available to micro and small industries, small businessesmen, street vendors among others

Ashwini Vaishnaw takes charge as Railway, IT minister: Ex- IAS officer and IITian brings wealth of corporate experience

Vaishnaw has an MBA and M Tech and is an alumni of the IIT Kanpur and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

'Twitter denied access to my account for almost an hour': IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad's account was blocked on the 'alleged ground that there was a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA'.

Google, Facebook, and the likes must protect user privacy, prevent abuse: IT Minister

RS Prasad said he wanted Indians to have access to more technology platforms but said this should not undermine user privacy.

Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Lok Sabha Centre to bring data protection bill to shield personal information of internet users

Ravi Shankar Prasad said the committee has brought out a draft Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) and wide-ranging consultations have been conducted on the recommendations of the committee with a view to finalising the draft legislation.

Online platforms can't abuse data to impact free choice in India: IT Minister

Prasad said the acquisition of big data should be done with fair and transparent principles.

Aadhaar biometric data can't be tracked even if tried a billion times: IT minister

The Minister said that Aadhaar authorities conduct nearly one crore authentications every second.

Won’t tolerate user data misuse to influence polls: IT Minister

IT Minister warned social media companies against misusing users' data to influence elections.

India needs an electronics manufacturing ecosystem for 'Make in India' to succeed, says Karnataka's IT minister

Priyank Kharge, the 38-year old IT, Biotechnology and Tourism Minister of the government of Karnataka is overseeing the Tech Summit this year.

Aadhaar data breach: Govt is committed to freedom of press, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Amid outrage on the FIR lodged over the reporting of alleged Aadhaar data breach, the government on Monday said it has been filed against "unknown" accused.