Obnews Tech Desk: The world is dominated by browsers like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox. But now India is moving fast towards developing its own web browser. If indigenous browser comes in this country with a population of 140 crores, it can prove to be a major setback for companies like Google and Microsoft.

The Government of India invited IT companies and startups to develop the country's own browser. The government also organized a competition in this direction, in which many technology startups from all over the country participated. In this episode, three companies were declared winners. Let's know which three companies topped and what award they got.

3 out of 58 companies became winners

The total revenue of the IT sector in India is more than $ 282 billion. Till now India's technology has been focused on industry services, but the government is taking steps towards making it product-based. For this purpose, the government challenged to develop a web browser, in which startups, students, academics and researchers participated enthusiastically. A total of 58 companies participated in this competition, but three were declared winners after intensive evaluation.

These companies get awards

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav announced the winners of this competition.

• The first prize was received by Team Zoho, which was given a prize money of Rs 1 crore.
• The second prize was given to Team Ping, which received a reward of Rs 75 lakh.
• The third prize was awarded to the team Ajna, which was given an amount of Rs 50 lakh.

Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said on the occasion that it is a pleasure to see that the winning companies are coming from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. He said that the browser is the entrance to the Internet, and its development will further strengthen the Indian digital structure.

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Benefits of indigenous browser

If India's own browser develops, then it will have many important benefits:

• data security – The data of Indian citizens will remain in the country and will be under the supervision of the government.
• Privacy – This browser will suit India's data protection laws.
• Local Control – Without any international intervention, the entire control of the browser will be in India's hands.
• More compatibility – This browser will be compatible with iOS, Windows and Android platforms.

With this initiative, India will not only become self -sufficient but will also take a big step towards digital sovereignty.