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Digital India is an initiative by the Government of India to ensure that Government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity. It was launched on 1 July 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Government of India has launch the “Digital India” campaign to develop a digitally empowered society and to digitally integrate the government departments and the citizens of India.
It aims at ensuring the government services are made available to people of India electronically.
Digital India is an ambitious programme of Government of India projected at Rs 1,13,000 crores.
This will be for preparing the India for the knowledge based transformation and delivering good governance to citizens by synchronized and coordinated engagement with both Central Government and State Government.
This programme has been envisaged by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and will impact ministry of communications & IT, ministry of rural development, ministry of human resource development, ministry of health and other
This programme will also benefit all states and union territories. The existing/ ongoing e-Governance initiatives would be revamped to align them with the principles of Digital India.
The vision of Digital India is to transform the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It would ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically.
It would also bring in public accountability through mandated delivery of government’s services electronically.
The Digital India vision provides the intensified impetus for further momentum and progress for e-Governance and would promote inclusive growth that covers electronic services, products, devices, manufacturing and job opportunities.
Make in India is important but ‘Design in India’ equally important for digital India. We need to create products in different languages and age group.
Digital India is a campaign run by the government of India to make this country a digitally empowered country. The aim of launching this campaign is to provide Indian citizens electronic government services by reducing the paperwork.
It is very effective and efficient technique which will save time and man power to a great extent. This initiative was started on 1st of July in 2015 to connect people of rural areas with the high-speed internet networks to access any information needed.
It is a most effective version (with nine pillars which are broadband highways, public Internet access programme, mobile connectivity everywhere, e-Kranti, e-Governance, information for all, IT for jobs, early harvest programmes and electronics manufacturing) of already existing National e-Governance Plan.
Three important elements of digital India are like creation of digital infrastructure, digital literacy and delivering services digitally all over the country.
The Government of India to strengthen the digital society and government departments and the citizens of India to digitally integrate so that “Digital India campaign” is launched by our prime minister. The campaign is launched by our government for giving services electronically.
Digital India is as a utility for every citizen; to provide services to citizens the availability of high speed Internet. To provide a digital identity to all citizens of India. The availability of government and public services: integrated services departments. We know that when we have mobile on platform then we can know the train exact timing to come on platform, so government given us the wifi- free for making India digital. Making electronic and cashless financial transactions.
Universal access to digital resources: Indian language digital resources / availability of services also. "Digital Locker" name, the government has launched a digital locker. Digital locker system aims to reduce the use of physical documents, and different agencies to enable the exchange of e-documents. MyGov.in a partnership between citizens and the government to establish a new platform which has been implemented.
Digital India, a great contribution from government in the development of the country.