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Google takes Delhi's iconic Chandni Chowk
market online
Monday December 17, 2012 10:56:02 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Google
India Monday unveiled a special project intended to make Chandni
Chowk, the iconic market of old Delhi, easily accessible to users
worldwide.
The project is part of Google's unique initiative to offer free
websites and domains to small and medium businesses in India
through the 'India Get Your Business Online' campaign launched a
year ago.
As part of this special project, Google India and HostGator went
to each shop in Chandni Chowk and built over 2,500 free websites
for businesses operating from the market.
In addition to creating these websites for businesses, Google
India also launched a common website 'www.chandnichowknowonline.in',
which provides an easy to navigate directory of all businesses
from Chandni Chowk that now have a website.
"The Internet is becoming an engine of economic growth and is
expected to contribute over US $ 100 billion (Rs.5 lakh crore) by
2015 to India's GDP. Due to initiatives such as these, small and
medium businesses are embracing the Internet to increase their
competitiveness in the global economy," said Union Minister of
Communications and IT and Chandni Chowk MP, Kapil Sibal, while
launching the initiative.
"This initiative from Google has provided all Chandni Chowk
businesses with a professional website, which will now make it
easier for customers to find us online and help us to grow our
businesses," said Pradeep Jain, spokesperson of the Kinari Bazaar
Gota Zari Association of Chandni Chowk.
"With over 137 million Internet users in the country, the Internet
is taking off in India and more and more users are looking for
local information online, and efforts like these will go a long
way in helping small and medium businesses get started on the
Internet and gain from the Internet economy in the next few
years," said Rajan Anandan, Vice President and Managing Director,
Sales & Operations, Google India.
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