‘Sehat’ Unique Initiative for Health Care Launched

The digitalization initiative of the Government is to build a truly inclusive and enlightened India. The unique initiative for health care in India-SEHAT launched is an initiative in furtherance to Government’s commitment to empower rural citizens in having access to information, knowledge, skills and other services in various sectors through the intervention of digital technologies and fulfilling the vision of a “Digital India”.  

The Union Minister for Information Technology and Telecom, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said this while launching the new initiative here today. He said the Government was working to mainstream the underprivileged classes to come at par and to develop the rural community both socially and economically so as to build an inclusive and enlightened India. He said “Digital India” program is to transform India into a digitally empowered society so as to share the fruits of development with every section of the society especially those living in rural India. He said digitally empowered rural women can truly address the issues of structural imbalances and poverty.