New Delhi, October 10-Mark Zuckerberg is in New Delhi and will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow. But ahead of the meeting when asked about his agenda for it, the Facebook CEO said that he would be mostly listening to what Modi has to say about the Digital India plan.
“One of the things I am really excited about is that your Prime Minister has this whole Digital India initiative… We are just one company. We can’t create the connectivity around the world on our own,” said Zuckerberg. “So we are just going and working with people who are already working on (this issues). For example, we are working with governments that are trying to get their whole population online.”
“You asked the question that what I would be asking for (from PM Modi), but I am more interested in learning what we can do to help,” he added.
Zuckerberg is in India to talk about Facebook’s Internet.org project, which aims to bring millions of more people online by enabling more affordable and viable internet connectivity.
The project was launched by Facebook and a few other companies last year. Since then Facebook has also announced its intention to use drones and satellites to beam internet connectivity in remote areas of the world.
-INDIA TODAY
