Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to social media platforms X, previously Twitter, and LinkedIn on Tuesday to celebrate 10 years of the Digital India initiative. “India has made many strides in digital payments, powered by the collective resolve of 140 crore Indians,” the premier said.
Apart from sharing a detailed thread on X from MyGovIndia announcing the 10-year achievement of the initiative, he posted a detailed writeup on the professional social media platform LinkedIn.
Today is a historic day as we mark #10YearsOfDigitalIndia!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 1, 2025
Ten years ago, Digital India began as an initiative to transform our nation into a digitally empowered and technologically advanced society.
A decade later, we stand witness to a journey that has touched countless… https://t.co/gbngf6HcEk
“India now ranks among the top 3 startup ecosystems in the world, with over 1.8 lakh startups. But this is more than a startup movement; it is a tech renaissance,” wrote the PM as he lauded the India AI Mission and ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ initiative.
“Through the $1.2 billion India AI Mission, India has enabled access to 34,000 GPUs at globally unmatched prices at less than $1/GPU hour, making India not just the most affordable internet economy but also the most affordable compute destination,” he added.
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Modi also mentioned how India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)—from Aadhaar, CoWIN, DigiLocker, and FASTag—were now being “studied and adopted globally.”
The premier also stressed how India bridged the digital divide through connectivity. “In 2014, India had around 25 crore internet connections. Today, that number has grown to over 97 crores,” he said, “Over 42 lakh kilometres of Optical Fibre Cable equivalent to 11 times the distance between Earth and the Moon now connects even the most remote villages.”
“India’s 5G rollout is among the fastest in the world, with 4.81 lakh base stations installed in just two years. High-speed internet now reaches urban hubs and forward military posts alike, including Galwan, Siachen, and Ladakh,” added PM Modi.
Hailing the country’s innovators and entrepreneurs, the prime minister said that the coming decade would be “even more transformative.”
“We are moving from digital governance to global digital leadership, from India-first to India-for-the-world. Digital India has not remained a mere government program; it has become a people’s movement. It is central to building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat and to making India a trusted innovation partner to the world,” said PM Modi.
