India, July 23 -- There was a panel discussion on the digital economy at the ongoing Dataquest Digital Leadership Conclave 2021.

Sukanta Dey, CEO, SDELA Consulting, was the moderator. He said, necessity drives innovation! India is a country where people bring the mobile to good usage. What is the government doing to boost the digital economy? Dey said digitizing a country like India has many challenges. It is not easy for a country our size to digitize. We have achieved a lot of things so far. The technology network is an enabler.

Ms. Neeta Verma, Director General, National Informatics Centre, said there are over 700 million smartphones and nearly 700 million Internet subscribers. Technology has been at the center of deliberations durin...