What is digital India initiative of Govt. of India
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Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India in order to ensure the Government's services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or by making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology.
The initiative includes plans to connect rural areas with high-speed internet networks.
Digital India consists of three core components:
1) the development of secure
2) stable digital infrastructure, 3) delivering government services digitally, and universal digital literacy.
Digital India Motto"Power To Empower"CountryIndiaPrime Minister(s)Narendra ModiMinistryMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology,
Finance Ministry Key peopleRavi Shankar Prasad, S. S. AhluwaliaLaunched1 July 2015; 4 years agoStatusActive.Websitedigitalindia.gov.in
Launched on 1 July 2015 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is both enabler and beneficiary of other key Government of India schemes, such as BharatNet, Make in India, Startup Indiaand Standup India, industrial corridors, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, dedicated freight corridors, UDAN-RCS and E-Kranti.
As of 31 December 2018, India had a population of 130 crore people (1.3 billion), 123 crore (1.23 billion) Aadhaardigital biometric identity cards, 121 crore (1.21 billion) mobile phones, 44.6 crore (446 million) smartphones, 56 crore (560 million) internet users up from 481 million people (35% of the country's total population) in December 2017, and 51 per cent growth in e-commerce