Digital India - Govt of India's flagship program for digital empowerment of Indian citizens

Digital India - Govt of India's flagship program for digital empowerment of Indian citizens

• 1. D I G I T A L I N D I A Digital India A programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy

• 2. D I G I T A L I N D I A What is Digital India?  Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future.  The focus is on being transformative – to realize IT + IT = IT  The focus is on making technology central to enabling change.  It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments.  It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision so that each of them is seen as part of a larger goal.  Each individual element stands on its own. But is also part of the larger picture.  It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire government.  The weaving together makes the Mission transformative in totality  The Programme:  Pulls together many existing schemes.  These schemes will be restructured and re-focused.  They will be implemented in a synchronized manner.  Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost.  The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative impact.

• 3. D I G I T A L I N D I A Vision of Digital India Centered on 3 Key Areas • Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen • Governance & Services on Demand • Digital Empowerment of Citizens

• 4. D I G I T A L I N D I A Vision Area 1: Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen • High speed internet as a core utility • Cradle to grave digital identity -unique, lifelong, online, authenticable • Mobile phone & Bank account enabling participation in digital & financial space • Easy access to a Common Service Centre • Shareable private space on a public cloud • Safe and secure Cyber-space

• 5. D I G I T A L I N D I A • Seamlessly integrated across departments or jurisdictions • Services available in real time from online &mobile platform • All citizen entitlements to be available on the cloud • Services digitally transformed for improving Ease of Doing Business • Making financial transactions electronic & cashless • Leveraging GIS for decision support systems & development Vision Area 2: Governance & Services On Demand

• 6. D I G I T A L I N D I A • Universal Digital Literacy • Universally accessible digital resources • All documents/ certificates to be available on cloud • Availability of digital resources / services in Indian languages • Collaborative digital platforms for participative governance • Portability of all entitlements through cloud Vision Area 3: Digital Empowerment of Citizens

• 7. D I G I T A L I N D I A Nine Pillars of Digital India 1. Broadband Highways 2. Universal Access to Phones 3. Public Internet Access Programme 4. E-Governance – Reforming government through Technology 5. eKranti – Electronic delivery of services 6. Information for All Electronics Manufacturing 7. Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports 8. IT for Jobs 9. Early Harvest Programmes

• 8. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 1. Broadband Highways • Coverage: 250,000 GP • Timeline: December 2016 • CAPEX: Rs 32,000 Cr • Nodal Dept: DoT Broadband for all Rural •Virtual Network Operators for service delivery. •Mandate communication infrastructure in new urban development and buildings. Broadband for all Urban • Coverage: Nationwide • Timeline: March 2017 • Cost: Rs 15,686 Cr • Nodal Dept: DeitY National Information Infrastructure 1yr: 50,000 GP 2yr: 100,000 GP 3yr: 100,000 GP Changes in Rules to facilitate. Integration of SWAN, NKN, NOFN. To be implemented in 2 years

• 9. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 2. Universal Access to Mobile connectivity • Coverage: Remaining uncovered villages (~ 42,300 villages) • Timeline: FY 2014-18 • Cost: Rs 16,000 Cr • Nodal Dept: DoT Universal Access to mobile connectivity Ongoing Programme Increased network penetration & coverage of gaps

• 10. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 3. Public Internet Access Programme – National Rural Internet Mission •Coverage: 2,50,000 villages (now 130,000) •Timeline: 3 Years - March 2017 •Cost: Rs 4750 Cr •Nodal Agency: DeitY CSCs – made viable, multifunctional end-points for service delivery •Coverage: 1,50,000 Post Offices •Timeline: 2 Years •Nodal Agency: D/o Posts Post Offices to become Multi-Service Centres Ongoing Programme Reach of Govt. services to all GPs This should be long term vision for POs

• 11. D I G I T A L I N D I A  Government Business Process Re-engineering using IT to improve transactions • Form Simplification, reduction • Online applications and tracking, Interface between departments • Use of online repositories e.g. school certificates, voter ID cards, etc. • Integration of services and platforms – UIDAI, Payment Gateway, Mobile Platform, EDI  Electronic Databases – all databases and information to be electronic, not manual  Workflow automation inside government  Public Grievance Redressal - using IT to automate, respond, analyse data to identify and resolve persistent problems – largely process improvements  To be implemented across government - critical for transformation. Pillar 4. e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology

• 12. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 5. eKranti - Electronic Delivery of Services  Technology for Education – e-Education • All Schools connected with broadband • Free wifi in all schools (250,000) • Digital Literacy program • MOOCs – develop pilot Massive Online Open Courses  Technology for Health – e-Healthcare • Online medical consultation • Online medical records • Online medicine supply • Pan-India exchange for patient information • Pilots – 2015; Full coverage in 3 years  Technology for Planning • GIS based decision making • National GIS Mission Mode Project  Technology for Farmers • Real time price information • Online ordering of inputs • Online cash, loan, relief payment with mobile banking  Technology for Security • Mobile Emergency Services  Technology for Financial Inclusion • Mobile Banking • Micro-ATM program • CSCs/ Post Offices  Technology for Justice • e-Courts, e-Police, e-Jails, e-Prosecution  Technology for Security  National Cyber Security Co-ordination Center Ongoing Programme (NeGP) – will be revamped to cover these elements

• 13. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 6. Information for All  Online Hosting of Information & documents  Citizens have open, easy access to information  Open data platform  Government pro-actively engages through social media and web based platforms to inform citizens  MyGov.in  2-way communication between citizens and government  Online messaging to citizens on special occasions/programs  Largely utilise existing infrastructure – limited additional resources needed

• 14. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 7. Electronics Manufacturing Target NET ZERO IMPORTS by 2020  Target NET ZERO Imports is a striking demonstration of intent  Ambitious goal which requires coordinated action on many fronts  Taxation, Incentives  Economies of Scale, Eliminate cost disadvantages  Focused areas – Big Ticket Items  FABS, Fab-less design, Set top boxes, VSATs, Mobiles, Consumer & Medical Electronics, Smart Energy meters, Smart cards, micro-ATMs  Incubators, clusters  Skill development  Government procurement  There are many ongoing programs which will be fine-tuned.  Existing Structures inadequate to handle this goal. Need strengthening.

• 15. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 8. IT for Jobs • Coverage: 1 Crore students • Timeline: 5 years • Cost: Rs 200 Cr for weaker sections •Nodal Agency: DeitY Train people in smaller towns & villages for IT sector jobs •Scope: Setting up of BPO per NE State •Coverage: NE States •Nodal Agency: DeitY IT/ITES in NE •Coverage: 3,00,000 •Timeline: 2 Years •Nodal Agency: DeitY Train Service Delivery Agents to run viable businesses delivering IT services •Coverage: 5,00,000 •Timeline: 5 Years •Nodal Agency: DoT Telecom service providers to train rural workforce to cater to their own needs New Scheme IT ready workforce ICT enabled growth in NE Telecom ready workforce Ongoing Skilled VLEs and Viable CSCs

• 16. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 9. Early Harvest Programmes •Coverage: Elected representatives, All Govt employees •1.36 Cr mobiles and 22 Lakh emails • Mass Messaging Application developed IT platform for messages • Basket of e-Greetings templates available • Crowd sourcing of e-Greetings thru MyGov • e-Greetings Portal ready by 14 August 2014 Government Greetings to be e-Greetings • Coverage: All Central Govt. Offices in Delhi • Operational in DeitY & Initiated in Urban Development • On-boarding started in other depts • Procurement of devices – tender issued Biometric attendance Targeted Mass messaging since July 14 1 st e-Greeting from PM on 15th Aug 2014 To be completed by Oct 2014

• 17. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 9. Early Harvest Programmes •Scope: All universities on NKN •400 additional Universities •Cost: Rs 790 Cr Wi-fi in All Universities •Phase I upgradation for 10 Lakh employees done •Ph II for 50 Lakh employees by March 2015 •Cost: Rs 98 Cr Secure email within government Standardize government • Standardised templates under preparation email design Approval - Oct 2014 Implementation done by Dec 2015 Email to be primary mode of communication To be ready by October 2014

• 18. D I G I T A L I N D I A Pillar 9. Early Harvest Programmes • Coverage: Cities with pop > 1 Mill., tourist centres • Nodal Agency: DoT/ MoUD Public wifi hotspots • Nodal Agency: MHRD/ DeitY School Books to be eBooks • DeitY’s Mobile Seva Platform ready • Nodal Agency: MoES (IMD) / MHA (NDMA) SMS based weather information, disaster alerts • Nodal Agency: DeitY/ DoWCD National Portal for Lost & Found children Digital Cities Completed by Dec 2015 In place by Dec 2014 Completed by Mar 2015 In place by Oct 2014

• 19. D I G I T A L I N D I A Institutional Mechanisms at National Level Monitoring Committee on Digital India Digital India Advisory Group (Chaired by Minister CIT) DeitY Line Ministries Apex Committee (Chaired by Cab Sec.) State Governments / UTs CIO

• 20. D I G I T A L I N D I A Composition of Monitoring Committee on Digital India • Prime Minister – Chairman • Finance Minister • Minister of Communications & IT • Minister of RD • Minister of HRD • Minister of Health Special Invitees: • Principal Secretary to PM • Cabinet Secretary • Secretaries of Expenditure, Planning, DoT and Posts • Secretary, DeitY – Convener

• 21. D I G I T A L I N D I A MINISTER (Communications & IT) SECRETARY (DeitY) Addl. Secretary (e-Gov) Joint Secretary (Electronics Hardware Manufacturing) Joint Secretary (Personnel, Admn. & Industry Promotion S/W) Addl. Secretary (Digital India) Joint Secretary (Infrastructure Development) Joint Secretary (Capacity Building & Digital Enablement of Citizens) Joint Secretary (IT applications in uncovered areas & Process Re-engineering Joint Secretary (e-Gov) Electronic Manufacturing – Target Net Zero Imports Public Internet Access Programme E-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology Electronic Delivery of Services - eKranti Technology for Jobs Information for All D I G I T A L I N D I A Reorganisation of NIC CIOs in important Ministries

• 22. D I G I T A L I N D I A Estimated Costs and Impacts  Overall Costs of Digital India ~ Rs 100,000 Cr in ongoing schemes (only DeitY, DOT & not incl. those in other line Ministries) ~ Rs 13,000 Cr for new schemes & activities  Impact of Digital India by 2019 • Broadband in 2.5 lakh villages, universal phone connectivity • Net Zero Imports by 2020 • 400,000 Public Internet Access Points • Wi-fi in 2.5 lakh schools, all universities; Public wi-fi hotspots for citizens • Digital Inclusion: 1.7 Cr trained for IT, Telecom and Electronics Jobs • Job creation: Direct 1.7 Cr. and Indirect at least 8.5 Cr. • e-Governance & eServices: Across government • India to be leader in IT use in services – health, education, banking • Digitally empowered citizens – public cloud, internet access

• 23. D I G I T A L I N D I A Challenges & Changes Needed  Program on this scale never conceived  Each Pillar/program has own challenges  Human Resource Issues  NIC - not equipped for a fraction of this task (obsolesce) - needs revamping & restructuring  DeitY – needs program managers – at least 4 more officers at senior levels  Ministries – Need a Chief Information Officer / Chief Technology Officer (CIO/CTO)  Could begin with CIOs 10 major Ministries  Can be anyone – from within or outside government  To be patterned as AS & FAs – dual reporting  Financial Resource Issues  Mostly structured around ongoing programs : Better focus, need some restructuring  Some others are process improvements or better utilisation of resources  A few new programs may be needed – particularly in Electronics manufacturing and Skill Development  Coordination Issues  Program covers many other departments  Need commitment and effort  Leadership and support critical for success

• 24. D I G I T A L I N D I A