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With the aim of creating an economy which is digitally empowered, PM Narendra
Modi launched another of his pet projects named‘Digital India campaign.
The vision of Digital India programme also aims at inclusive growth in areas of
electronic services, products, manufacturing and job opportunities etc. The vision of
Digital India is centred on three key areas -
(i) Digital Infrastructure as a utility to every citizen
(ii) Governance & services on demand
(iii) Digital Empowerment of citizens
The Digital India programme aims to provide broadband highways, universal access
to mobile connectivity, public internet access programme, e-governance: Reforming
government through technology, eKranti - Electronic delivery of services, Information
for all, Electronics manufacturing: Target net zero imports, IT for jobs and early
harvest programmes.
In line with these objectives, the government has launched some inititaives. Others are
being readied for launch. We take a look at some of them:
1. Digital Locker System aims to minimize the usage of physical documents and
enable sharing of e-documents across agencies. The sharing of the e-documents will
be done through registered repositories thereby ensuring the authenticity of the
documents online, says the government.
2. MyGov.in has been implemented as a platform for citizen engagement in
governance, through a "Discuss", "Do" and "Disseminate" approach. The mobile app
for MyGov would bring these features to users on a mobile phone.
3. Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Mobile app would be used by people and
Government organizations for achieving the goals of Swachh Bharat Mission.
4. eSign framework would allow citizens to digitally sign a document online using
Aadhaar authentication.
5. The Online Registration System (ORS) under the eHospital application has been
introduced. This application provides important services such as online registration,
payment of fees and appointment, online diagnostic reports, enquiring availability of
blood online etc, the government claims.
6. National Scholarships Portal is said to be a one stop solution for end to end
scholarship process right from submission of student application, verification,
sanction and disbursal to end beneficiary for all the scholarships provided by the
Government of India.
7. DeitY has undertaken an initiative namely Digitize India Platform (DIP) for large
scale digitization of records in the country that would facilitate efficient delivery of
services to the citizens.
8. The Government of India has undertaken an initiative namely Bharat Net, a high
speed digital highway to connect all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats of country. This would
be the world's largest rural broadband connectivity project using optical fibre.
9. Policy initiatives have also been undertaken by DeitY in the e-Governance domain
like e-Kranti Framework, Policy on Adoption of Open Source Software for
Government of India, Framework for Adoption of Open Source Software in e-
Governance Systems, Policy on Open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for
Government of India, E-mail Policy of Government of India, Policy on Use of IT
Resources of Government of India, Policy on Collaborative Application Development
by Opening the Source Code of Government Applications, Application Development
& Re-Engineering Guidelines for Cloud Ready Applications
10. BSNL has introduced Next Generation Network (NGN), to replace 30 year old
exchanges, which is an IP based technology to manage all types of services like voice,
data, multimedia/ video and other types of packet switched communication services.
11. BSNL has undertaken large scale deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the
country. The user can latch on the BSNL Wi-Fi network through their mobile devices.
12. BPO Policy has been approved to create BPO centres in different North Eastern
states and also in smaller / mofussil towns of other states.
13. Electronics Development Fund (EDF) Policy aims to promote Innovation, R&D,
and Product Development and to create a resource pool of IP within the country to
create a self-sustaining eco-system of Venture Funds.
14. National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE) is an initiative of Government
of India to promote research and innovation in the emerging area of Flexible
Electronics.
15. Centre of Excellence on Internet on Things (IoT) is a joint initiative of
Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), ERNET and
NASSCOM.
DIGITAL INDIA A PATHWAY FOR EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY
New digital technology emphasizing speed and mobility are fundamentally changing
the way of life work and impact on economy. It is providing unprecedented
opportunities for the government , enabling them to radically transform the complex
bureaucracies to become more agile , citizen centric and innovative. Digital
government may be expressed as the optimal use of electronic channels of
communication in India .Digital government is helping to increase
1. Improve citizen satisfaction in service delivery
2. Enhance economic competitiveness,
3. Forge new level of communication and trust
4. Increase productivity of public service
5. Long term goals to be set which are monitored periodically
6. Active respose to social change i.e population increase,value
change etc.
7. Need for resolution of challenges i.e global warming, energy
crisis etc
Current Achievements by the DIGITAL INDIA concept recently undertaken by the
government is the “Aadhar Card”, a unique identification card.
