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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 3 only
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Standard Reference Verified- Statement 1 is incorrect: The Digital India programme aims at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy; creating state-backed national tech monopolies or ban-based homegrown copies of foreign services (like China) is not an official objective.
- Statement 2 is incorrect: The core vision pillars of Digital India focus on digital infrastructure as a core utility, governance and services on demand, and digital empowerment of citizens, not specifically offering policy frameworks solely for overseas Big Data MNCs to build data centres.
- Statement 3 is correct: A fundamental pillar of Digital India (specifically under BharatNet) is to provide broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats, along with public Wi-Fi access at schools, health centres, and public spaces.
Statements 1 and 2 contain overly prescriptive or distorted policy aims; Statement 3 directly represents the core connectivity objective of Digital India.
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