Google has announced investing $10 billion in India to accelerate its digital economy at a time when software engineers on this side of the border leave the country in “hopeless” times led to by systematic limitations.
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi lauded Google’s initiative to invest in India which would eventually improve the lives of country’s “farmers, youngsters and entrepreneurs”.
How will Google invest $10-billion funds?
Google said its $10 billion-fund would focus on areas such as enabling affordable access to the internet and information to every Indian in their own language; building new products and services in segments like consumer tech, education, health and agriculture; empowering businesses, especially small and medium ones, to transform digitally; leveraging technology and artificial intelligence for digital literacy, outbreak predictions, and support for rural economies.
“This mission is deeply personal to me. When I was young, every new piece of technology brought new opportunities to learn and grow. But I always had to wait for it to arrive from someplace else. Today, people in India no longer have to wait for technology to come to you. A whole new generation of technologies are happening in India first,” said Google Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai in an editorial note.
Pakistan vs India:
But while tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google have pledged billions of dollars to the Indian economy, software engineers in Pakistan are disgruntled and are leaving the country due to the lack of support, systemic barriers, incompetence of leadership, and lack of will of the establishment.
Here is a post doing the rounds on the internet.
K Awan is among many others who have left the country over the past decade, alleging that those with the power to make decisions are incompetent.
