March 29, 2024 19:27 (IST)
Budget Highlights: Jaitley focuses on rural digital literacy
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presenting the Union Budget 2016 said rural sector will be brought under digital literacy in big way.
He said the government will target digital literacy to around 6 crore more households in rural India.
"We now plan to launch the digital literacy mission scheme for rural India to cover around 6 crore additional households in the next three years," he said.
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