A presentation on
Digital India
It 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.
What is Digital It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments.
India? It is coordinated by MeitY, implemented by the entire
government – both at the Centre and State.
The Programme pulls together many existing schemes which
have been restructured and re-focused.
The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their
transformative impact.
“The vision of Digital
India programme is to
Vision
transform India into a
digitally empowered
society and knowledge
economy.”
Digital
Digital
Infrastructure
Empowerment
as a Utility to
of Citizens
Every Citizen
Vision Areas
Governance & Services
on Demand
High speed internet as a core utility
Cradle to grave digital identity -unique, lifelong, online,
authenticable
Vision Area 1: Mobile phone & Bank account enabling participation in digital &
Infrastructure financial space
as a Utility to Easy access to a Common Service Centre
Every Citizen
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
Vision Area 2: All citizen documents to be available on the cloud – citizen not
Governance & required to provide copies etc.
Services On Services digitally transformed for improving Ease of Doing Business
Demand
Making financial transactions electronic & cashless
Leveraging GIS for decision support systems & development
Universal Digital Literacy
Universally accessible digital resources
Vision Area 3:
All documents/ certificates to be available on cloud
Digital
Empowerment Availability of digital resources / services in Indian languages
of Citizens
Collaborative digital platforms for participative governance
Portability of all entitlements through cloud
2. Universal Access
1. Broadband 3. Public Internet
to Mobile
Highways Access Programme
Connectivity
4. E-Governance –
Pillars of Reforming
5. eKranti –
Electronic delivery 6. Information for All
Digital India government
through Technology
of services
7. Electronics
Manufacturing – 9. Early Harvest
8. IT for Jobs
Target NET ZERO Programmes
Imports
1. Broadband
Highways
Broadband for All - Rural
• 2,50,000 village Panchayats would be provided with
fibre connectivity (BharatNet)
1. Broadband Broadband for All - Urban
Highways • Fast-tracking RoW permissions
National Information Infrastructure (NII)
• Provide high speed connectivity and cloud platform
to various government departments up to the
panchayat level.
This initiative focuses on network penetration
and filling the gaps in connectivity in the
country.
2. Universal There are around 50,000 villages in the country
Access to that do not have mobile coverage.
Mobile
Connectivity As part of the comprehensive development
plan for North East, providing mobile coverage
to uncovered villages has been initiated
Common Services Centres (CSCs)
3. Public • CSC 2.0: Aims to cover 2.5 Lakhs of Gram
Panchayats for maximizing delivery of e-
Internet Access Services to the citizens
Programme
Post Offices
• A total of 150,000 Post Offices are being
converted into multi service centres
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
4. e- Electronic Databases – all databases and information to be electronic, not
manual
Governance:
Workflow automation inside government
Reforming
Government Public Grievance Redressal - using IT to automate, respond, analyse data to
identify and resolve persistent problems – largely process improvements
through
Technology
Technology
for Education
Technology
Technology
for Cyber
5. eKranti - for Health
Security
Electronic
Technology
Delivery of for Financial
Technology
Services for Farmers
Inclusion
Technology Technology
for Justice for Security
Technology for Broadband and wi-fi connectivity to Schools, digital literacy program at the national
Education – e-Education level and leveraging Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs).
Technology for Health – Use of technology for better healthcare service delivery that includes online medical
consultation, online medical records, online medicine supply, pan-India exchange for
e-Healthcare patient information, etc.
Technology for Farmers This would facilitate farmers to get real time price information, online ordering of
inputs and online cash, loan, and relief payment with mobile banking.
Provisioning of Mobile based emergency services and disaster related services to
Technology for Security citizens on real time basis so that they can take precautionary measures well in time
and minimize loss of lives and properties.
Technology for Justice Interoperable Criminal Justice System shall be strengthened by leveraging several
related applications, i.e. e-Courts, e-Police, e-Jails and e-Prosecution.
Technology for Financial Financial inclusion shall be strengthened using mobile banking, Micro-ATM program
Inclusion and CSCs/ Post Offices.
Technology for Cyber National Cyber Security Co-ordination Centre would be set up to ensure safe and
Security secure cyber-space within the country.
6. Information 2-way communication
between citizens and
Online Hosting of
for All government
Information & documents
Government to pro-
Citizens to have open, actively engage through
easy access to information social media and web
- Open data platform based platforms to inform
citizens - [Link]
Online messaging to
citizens on special
occasions / programs
Video on
MyGov
7. Electronics
Manufacturing
This pillar focuses on promoting electronics
manufacturing in the country with the target
of NET ZERO Imports by 2020.
Coordinated Approach FABS
micro- Set top
ATMs boxes
Taxation, incentives
Economies of scale, eliminating cost disadvantages
Incubators, clusters
Skill development, Enhancing PhDs
Smart Focus VSATs
cards
areas
Government procurement
Safety Standards – Compulsory registration, Support for Labs and MSMEs
National Award, Marketing, Brand Building Smart
Energy Mobiles
National Centres – Flexible Electronics, Security Forces
meters
Consumer
R & D in electronics
& Medical
Electronics
Train people in smaller towns & villages for IT sector jobs
Train Service Delivery Agents to run viable businesses
delivering IT services
8. IT for Jobs 1 Crore
students Telecom service providers to train rural
target workforce to cater to their own needs
over 5
years 3,00,000
5,00,000
India BPO North East BPO
Promotion Promotion
Scheme (IBPS) Scheme (NEBPS)
48000 Seats 5000 Seats
BPO Employment Employment
Promotion opportunities for
1,45,000
opportunities for
15,000 in NER
Scheme
Outlay – Rs. 493 Outlay – Rs. 50
Crore. Crore
Support – Upto ₹ Support – Upto ₹
1 lakh / BPO Seat 1 lakh / BPO Seat
Early Harvest Programme basically consists of those projects
which are to be implemented within short timeline.
IT Platform for Messages
Government Greetings to be e-Greetings
Biometric attendance
9. Early
Wi-Fi in All Universities
Harvest
Programmes Secure Email within Government
Standardize Government Email Design
Public Wi-fi hotspots
School Books to be eBooks
SMS based weather information, disaster alerts
National Portal for Lost & Found children
NDCP 2018 – Strategic Objectives
Ambitious, yet Achievable
Currently 30%
India ranked 30%
as “Limited” 100%
Digital Broadband 2022
For All 2018
Sovereignty
$ 50 Bn
8 Mn
Current
Deficit: $42 bn Net
Positive 4 Mn 4 Mn
NDCP 2018
$ 8 Bn
Intl New Jobs
Trade
Exports Imports Top 50 in 2018 2022
8% of
2017 Standing ICT Dev. GDP
Index Current Global
5 16 66 80 134
Average
4.5%
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UK USA Brazil China India
NDCP Goals – Connect India
National Broadband Mission
50 Mbps 10 Million 10 Gbps
BharatNet
NagarNet
5x 250x 100x
Jan Wi-Fi
GramNet
10 Mbps
38,000 100 Mbps
Broadband Speed Wi-Fi Hotspots Broadband at
Gram Panchayats 40
Jandhan -
Cashless
JAM Trinity -
The Foundation Aadhaar -
of Contactless
Transformation
Mobile -
Paperless
JAM (short for Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile) trinity refers to initiative to link Jan Dhan
accounts, Mobile numbers and Aadhar cards of Indians to plug the leakages of
government subsidies.
Number of Beneficiaries: 37.66 Crore
Deposit in Accounts: Rs 107, 904 Crore
Number of Rupay Debit Cards issued to beneficiaries: 29.70
Crore
126 thousand Bank Mitras (BCs) delivering branchless
banking services
Most of these have been opened using eKYC in a completely
digital and paperless manner
“Faceless, Paperless, Cashless” is one of professed role of Digital India
Promotion of digital payments has been accorded highest priority to
bring every segment of country under the fold of digital payment
services
Digital Vision is to provide facility of seamless digital payment to all
citizens in a convenient, easy, affordable, quick and secured
Payments manner
GoI is working on strengthening of Digital Payment infrastructure
and creating awareness through promotions of digital payments
Dedicated ‘Digidhan Mission’ setup for building strategies and approaches
in collaboration with all stakeholders to promote digital payments and
create awareness.
Number of Digital Transactions
UPI based P2P
Rs. 7,620.02 Crore
The world’s
World’s first
second largest
Biometric based
domestic card
payment system
scheme
Open, real time
system
World’s first
Number of BHIM transactions
Feature phone
based Txns
Nation-wide real-
time
interoperable bill
Rs 1,336.39 Crore
payment system
World’s first
universal QR
code based
payment solution
Number of Debit Card
transactions: Rs. 1,076.81 Crore
Only Numbers – No
Smart Cards
Ensuring Security Random Numbers –
and Privacy of No Intelligence, No
Information Profiling
35.96 Crore
124.84
Aadhaar Crore
Generated
authenticated No Guarantees to
Citizenship, Rights, Voluntary in nature
Entitlements
Aadhaar Authentication
• No more physical presence
Uniqueness –
Aadhaar eKYC All Residents –
Ensured through
Including Children
• No more photo copies biometric attributes
Mobile 48
TOTAL MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS (IN MILLIONS)
Rural 526.05 Mobile Teledensity
180
160 155.28
Urban 645.71
140
120
Total 1171.76
100
89.54
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 80 1400
58.92
60
Mobile Reach 40
20
(till 2018) 0
Total Urban Rural
Some Important
Initiatives under Digital
India
GeM created to facilitate online procurement
of common use Goods & Services required by
various Government Departments /
Organizations / PSUs.
GeM aims to enhance transparency, efficiency
and speed in public procurement.
What is GEM?
It provides the tools of e-bidding, reverse e-
auction and demand aggregation to facilitate
the government users achieve the best value
for their money.
The purchases through GeM by Government
users have been authorized and made
mandatory by Ministry of Finance by adding a
new Rule No. 149 in the General Financial
Rules, 2017
Advantages to the Buyer
Advantages to the Seller
Enables citizens to provide instant feedback on availing eService of the Government
Trigger based service integration with department’s process workflow through APIs
Localized feedback forms
Overview
Reports, Dash boards and real-time APIs on collected feedback shared with
Departments
Helps Departments in identifying pain areas from citizen’s perspective and take
corrective action
Continuously assesses the quality of eServices to realign processes to achieve targeted
benefits
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How RAS Works
Feedback
Reference ID Page
Or Or
Mobile No SMS/ Email ID
FEEDBACK FEEDBACK
ANALYTIC Departmental
REPORTS Application
Departmental RAS Application Citizens
Application
57
Feedback
Request SMS
58
Feedback
through Portal
(In Questions format)
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Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance
Provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan
India e-Gov services
Unified approach where citizens can install one application to
avail multiple government services
Available on multiple channels like mobile application, web, IVR
and SMS
Accessible through smartphones, feature phones, tablets and desktops
Targeted at the idea of paperless
governance, DigiLocker is a platform
for issuance and verification of
documents & certificates in a digital
way, thus eliminating the use of
physical documents.
Indian citizens who sign up for a
DigiLocker account get a dedicated
cloud storage space that is linked to
their Aadhaar (UIDAI) number.
Self-uploaded
documents can be
digitally signed using
Digital Locker makes the eSign facility
it easier to validate (which is similar to the
the authenticity of process of self-
It reduces the documents as they
administrative attestation).
are issued directly by
overhead of the registered issuers.
Citizens can access Government
their digital departments by
documents anytime, minimizing the use of
Benefits
anywhere and share it paper.
online. This is
convenient and time
saving.
Digital Locker Rules and • Information Technology (Preservation and Retention of Information by Intermediaries Providing Digital
Amendment (July 2016 & Feb 2017) Locker Facilities) Rules, 2016.
Ministry of Civil Aviation (Bureau of • Acceptance of photo Identity documents from DigiLocker account of the departing air passengers.(Oct
Civil Aviation Security) 2018)
• Acceptance of digital Aadhaar and Driving Licence from Digital Locker as proof of identity of
Indian Railways
passengers for undertaking journey by train (Jun 2018)
Ministry of Road Transport and • Acceptance of DL, Registration Certificate or other documents presented through DigiLocker (Aug
Highways (MORTH) 2018)
• Madhya Pradesh Transport Department - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Sep 2017)
• Karnataka Transport Department - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Feb 2018)
• Chandigarh Administration Transport Department - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (July 2018)
• Goa Transport Department - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Aug 2018)
• Bihar Transport Department - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Aug 2018)
State/UT Transport Departments • Transport Department Uttarakhand - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Aug 2018)
• Kerala Police Dept - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Sept 2018)
• Department of Transport, Jharkhand - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Sept 2018)
• Department of Port and Transport, Government of Gujarat - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance
(Sept 2018)
• Transport Department, Government of Haryana - Notification for DigiLocker Acceptance (Nov 2018)
Central Board of Secondary
• CBSE Class XII Results (May 2017)
Education (CBSE)
Electronics & IT Department, • Implementation of DigiLocker system in Government Departments, PSUs, Autonomous bodies,
Government of Kerala institutions and Universities - sanctioned - Orders issued (Sept 2018)
