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
Digital India is the Indian Government's flagship program aimed at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It focuses on enhancing digital infrastructure, ensuring governance via digital services, and promoting digital literacy for citizens. The program encompasses various sectors & aims to create a knowledge-based economy that improves access and services for all citizens, driving inclusivity and innovation. Source: https://negp.gov.in/pdfs/DigitalIndia.pdf
Digital India - Govt of India's flagship program for digital empowerment of Indian citizens
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Departmentof Electronics and Information Technology
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Digital India
A programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy
- ï§ Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future.
- ï§ The focus is on being transformative - to realize IT + IT = IT
- ï§ The focus is on making technology central to enabling change .
- ï§ It is an Umbrella Programme - covering many departments.
- ï§ 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.
- ï§ Each individual element stands on its own. But is also part of the larger picture.
- ï§ It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire government .
- ï§ The weaving together makes the Mission transformative in totality
- ï§ The Programme:
- ï§ Pulls together many existing schemes .
- ï§ These schemes will be restructured and re-focused .
- ï§ They will be implemented in a synchronized manner .
- ï§ Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost .
- ï§ The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative impact.
- · Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
- · Governance & Services on Demand
- · Digital Empowerment of Citizens
- · 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
- · 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
- · 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
- ⢠Coverage: 250,000 GP
- ⢠Timeline: December 2016
- ⢠CAPEX: Rs 32,000 Cr
- ⢠Nodal Dept: DoT
- · Virtual Network Operators for service delivery.
- · Mandate communication infrastructure in new urban development and buildings.
- ⢠Coverage: Nationwide
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- ⢠Cost: Rs 15,686 Cr
- ⢠Nodal Dept: DeitY
- · Coverage: Remaining uncovered villages (~ 42,300 villages)
- · Timeline: FY 2014-18
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- · Nodal Dept: DoT
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What is Digital India?
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Vision of Digital India
Centered on 3 Key Areas
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Vision Area 1: Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
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Vision Area 2: Governance & Services On Demand
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Vision Area 3: Digital Empowerment of Citizens
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Nine Pillars of Digital India
Electronics Manufacturing

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Pillar 1. Broadband Highways
Broadband for all Rural
Broadband for all Urban
National Information Infrastructure
Timeline: March 2017
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
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Pillar 2. Universal Access to Mobile connectivity
Universal Access to mobile connectivity
Ongoing Programme Increased network penetration & coverage of gaps
Cost: Rs 16,000 Cr