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such that the elderly had to people of his locality to make
go to the banks and submit it payments through mobile. These
themselves. You can imagine elderly people had smartphones,
how much inconvenience it but there was no one to tell them
used to cause to our elderly. its correct usage. The youth
Now this system has changed. have also come forward to save
Now, by enabling the Digital the elderly from the risk of Digital
Life Certificate, things have Arrest. Rajiv from Ahmedabad
become very simple; the elderly warns people about the risk of
do not have to go to the bank. Digital Arrest. I had discussed
Youths like Virendra have a Digital Arrest in the last episode
major role in ensuring that the of ‘Mann ki Baat’. The elderly are
elderly do not face any problems the most common victims of
on account of technology. They such crimes. In such a situation,
keep making the elderly of their it is our responsibility to make
neighbourhood aware of it. Not them aware and help them
just that, they are also making stay safe from cyber fraud.
the elderly tech-savvy. Today, We have to explain to people
with such efforts, the number again and again that there is no
of people receiving Digital Life provision of digital arrest in the
Certificates has crossed the 80 government; this is a blatant
lakh mark. Among these, more lie, a conspiracy to trap people.
than 2 lakh are such elderly I am happy that our young
people whose age has crossed friends are participating in this
even 80. work with full sensitivity and are
Friends, in many cities, the motivating others as well.
youth are also coming forward
to make the elderly a part of the My dear countrymen,
digital revolution. Mahesh from these days many experiments
Bhopal has trained many elderly are being conducted for the
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