Govt using IT tools to make Tamil Nadu hub of innovation: Minister Mano Thangaraj

The Tamil Nadu government was employing IT tools to make the state a hub of innovation, Mano Thangaraj, Minister for Information Technology & Digital services, said on Monday.

IT would be flexed to foster growth, generate employment and to provide citizen-centric services besides take the DMK government’s social welfare schemes to people’s doorsteps, he said.

“I spoke about the digital initiatives of Tamil Nadu government, especially skill development, providing high-speed internet access in village panchayats, initiatives in urban and rural areas, data-centric governance to identify genuine beneficiaries and other works at the Digital India’s Conference of State IT Ministers,” he said.