The government of Gujarat has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Google through which they will jointly equip Gujarat’s rural women, school-going children and young entrepreneurs for socio-economic transformation through the use of information technology (IT) and internet access .
Pursuant to the MoU, approximately 50,000 people will be provided training each year. The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendrabhai Patel, stated that the state has a strong information and communication technology infrastructure which was developed due to the new IT and ITES Policy 2022-2027, while assuring the full support of the state government to Google to associate the name of Google with Gujarat .
As of now, the Department of Science and Technology of the government of Gujrat has signed three MoUs with Google in the past, and more than 10,000 women, school children, and young developers have benefited from these training programs.
