
"India has made available data at one of the lowest rates to users due to a proactive government policy is ushering in competition in the telecom sector and the disintermediation revolution has removed middle-men making India's small businesses competitive and export ready," he said. Digital revolution coupled with ease of doing business has allowed common Indian citizens to avail of services in a faceless, presence less and cashless manner," Reddy was quoted as saying in the statement. "India today is in the middle of digital, data and disintermediation revolution.

This joint venture was organised under the aegis of ' Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav'. The government issued a statement later saying the event was a continuation of the decade-long partnership between the Ministry of Culture and Google. "Therefore, we urge Google team to be a partner in the government's transformative journey, as also promote India's tourism destinations," Reddy said. It can also help in digitisation of rare archival material, he said. In his speech, he also said Google could help the Culture Ministry in digital mapping of the boundaries of its over 3,000 centrally protected monuments that will help in better monitoring of the sites and checking encroachment. Reddy, in his address, urged the Google team to create a special doodle on ' Har Ghar Tiranga', which would encourage its employees and others to also enthusiastically take part in the campaign. Four group winners and 15 finalists will also win exciting prizes," it said in the statement.

"The winner of this year's Doodle4Google will see their artwork on the Google homepage in India on 14 November, and win a Rs 5,00,000 college scholarship, a Rs 2,00,000 technology package for their school/non-profit organisation, a recognition of achievement, Google hardware, and fun Google collectibles.

It also announced that its popular Doodle4Google contest for 2022, themed on 'In the next 25 years, my India will ', is now open for entries to students of classes 1-10. As part of the countrywide celebrations, Google also announced its collaboration with the Ministry of Culture focused "on reaching informative online content that showcases the contributions of Indians and the evolution of India since 1947 to support the Government's year-long ' Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' programme", the search giant said in a statement.
