Current context: Google India and Tata Trusts aims to expand their initiative called ‘Internet sathi’ to the villages of Punjab and Odisha.
- Google India-Tata Trusts' is a combined initiative of Google India and Tata Trusts
- It aims to facilitate digital literacy among rural women in India
- The programme was launched in July 2015, and has trained 70,000 ‘Internate Saathis’ till date
- It has reached 2.6 lakh villages across 18 states and decided to add Punjab and Odisha under its ambit
- The programme has proved to be a crucial link towards bridging the digital gender divide in rural India
- The Female to Male ratio has improved from 1 in 10 in 2015 to 4 in 10 in 2018
- The programme was initiated as a pilot project in Rajasthan
- It has made the rural women empowered to start their own micro-business, beauty parlours, honeybee farming etc.
Question:
‘Internet Saathi’ recently in news, is a combined initiative of Tata Trusts and_____?
a. Microsoft
b. IBM
c. Google India
d. Amazon
a. Microsoft
b. IBM
c. Google India
d. Amazon
