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1 Lakh Unicorns, 2 Million Startups Doable: IT Minister On India's Techade

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[ad_1] The minister noted that India is becoming a force to reckon with in global value chains for electronics. New Delhi: India's success with innovation, entrepreneurship, electronics manufacturing as well as its digital clout is just the "tip" of a massive growth opportunity before the country, and the nation has the ability to scale to one lakh unicorns and almost 10-20 lakh (1-2 million) startups in future, according to Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Mr Chandrasekhar - who completes two years as Minister of State for Electronics and IT - said the India Stack and the digital public infrastructure built by the country, have demonstrated to the world how technology can be deployed for good, to benefit people, society and communities, and the country at large. The extent of digitalisation of government, governance and economy is going to "accelerate even more", Mr Chandrasekhar assured. The last two years have seen Mr Chandrasekhar keeping a razor-sh