“Please be mindful before making any statements. Nowadays, there is a trend of deepfake in which voice, etc can be altered, be cautious of this”, a source quoted the Prime Minister as saying.
Deepfake videos are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else’s likeness.
“Speak about the schemes, avoid controversial statements,” he said.
The Prime Minister said the glimpse of a ‘Viksit Bharat (developed India)’ should be visible in the upcoming full budget that will be presented in June, the sources said. He is believed to have asked for Viksit Bharat seminars to be included in the departmental agenda and that business bodies like CII and FICCI should be urged to start dialogue on this. PM Modi, the sources said, asked departments to prepare an action plan and pitch ideas on this.
2024 being an election year, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented an interim Budget on February 1. The full Budget will be presented after a new government is formed. The general election is due by May.
Government sources said a 100-day agenda for immediate steps to be taken after a new government is formed in May was deliberated upon during the meeting for its quick implementation.
They said the roadmap for “Viksit Bharat” is a result of more than two years of intensive preparation and involved a “whole of government” approach involving all ministries and wide-ranging consultations with state governments, academia, industry bodies, civil society, scientific organisations and mobilisation of youths for inputs.
“More than 2,700 meetings, workshops and seminars were held at various levels. Suggestions of more than 20 lakh youths were received,” they said.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister also spoke about the ₹ 1 lakh crore in budget to future technologies and ways to harness that so India leads in innovation.
He also asked ministers and officials to go through records in respective ministries and see how decisions evolved in the past and how ideas changed in the last 25 years. PM Modi also spoke about minimum government and maximum governance during the meeting.