Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, that making the internet accessible, available and being able to contribute to the internet in India is on high priority with the government and we want to achieve this in the short term.

He further added, "After the Bharat Net project (world's largest rural broadband project) is rolled out, we are going to very soon have billion plus Indians who would be online accessing internet and availing public goods, services."

Addressing an event, Chandrasekhar said that our vision is not just connecting every Indian but making sure that the type and the nature of the internet that we experience are defined by open internet along with being safe and trusted.

"It is in the area of making the internet available in the language of the Indian consumers choice that we are trailing behind. We need to have a real roadmap and we don't want to mandate this. We would like the industry to step up and do on their own," he emphasized.

India, he said is now determined to be the preeminent country in the world to use technology for its advancement, growth, empowering every Indian, improving governance on one hand while creating jobs and investment opportunities on the other hand. We also have to create deep capabilities around emerging areas of future technologies.

"We want to use technology in a very deep, positive and accelerated manner to achieve these objectives. Technology and the internet cannot be anything but inclusive," added Chandrasekhar.

The Minister further urged the industry to come forward in ensuring that search engines and emails should also be made available in multiple languages.

"These are things that we must achieve in the short term, and it is easily doable. MeitY will be the enabler to these efforts, and it is very important for us to deliver this to the Indian users," he noted.

Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India said that language options on the internet is a major step that will enable more people to use the platform in a much effective way.