DIGITAL INDIA

 Digital India is a Program to prepare India for a knowledge

future and a digitally empowered society.
 The focus is on making technology central to enabling change.
 It is an Umbrella Program – covering many departments.
 It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts
into a single, comprehensive vision.
 It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire
government.
 The Program:
 Pulls together many existing schemes.
 These schemes will be restructured and re-focused.
 Many elements are only process improvements with
minimal cost.
 The common branding of programs as Digital India highlights
their transformative impact.
 VISION

Centered on 3 Key Areas

• Digital Infrastructure

• Governance

• Digital Empowerment of Citizens

1. INFRASTRUCTURE

• High speed internet

• Digital identity
• Mobile phone & Bank account
• Common Service Centre
• Private space on a public cloud
• Safe and secure Cyber-space
2. GOVERNANCE

• 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
3. DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT

• 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
 NINE PILLARS OF DIGITAL INDIA

4. E-Governance – 7. Electronics
1. Broadband Highways Reforming government Manufacturing – Target
through Technology NET ZERO Imports

2. Universal Access to 5. eKranti – Electronic

delivery of services 8. IT for Jobs
Phones

3. Public Internet 6. Information for All 9. Early Harvest

Access Programme Programmes
1. Broadband Highways

Broadband for all • Coverage: 250,000 GP

• Nodal Dept: DoT
Rural

Broadband for all • Mandate communication infrastructure in new

urban development
Urban

National • Coverage: Nationwide

Information • Nodal Dept: DeitY
Infrastructure
2. Universal Access to Mobile Phone

• Coverage: Remaining uncovered

Universal Access to villages ( 42,300 villages)
mobile connectivity • Timeline: FY 2014-18
• Cost: Rs 16,000 Cr
• Nodal Dept: DoT
 3. Public Internet Access Program

• Coverage: 2,50,000 villages (now 130,000) Ongoing Programme

CSCs – Common • Cost: Rs 4750 Cr Reach of Govt.
Service Centres • Nodal Agency: DeitY services to all GPs

Post Offices
to become • Coverage: 1,50,000 Post Offices This will be long
Multi-Service • Nodal Agency: D/o Posts term vision for POs
Centres
 4. e-Governance

 Government Business Process Re-engineering using IT to improve transactions

• Form Simplification

• 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,

 Electronic Databases – all databases and information to be electronic, not manual

 Workflow automation inside government
 Public Grievance Redressal - using IT to automate, respond, analyse data to identify and resolve problems
5. e-Kranti
 Technology for Farmers
• Real time price information
• Online ordering of inputs
• Online cash, loan, relief payment with mobile
 Technology for Education – e-Education
banking
• All Schools connected with broadband
• Free wifi in all schools (250,000)
 Technology for Security
• Digital Literacy program
• Mobile Emergency Services
• MOOCs – develop pilot Massive Online Open
• Cyber Security
Courses
 Technology for Financial Inclusion
 Technology for Health – e-Healthcare • Mobile Banking
• Online medical consultation
• Micro-ATM program
• Online medical records
• CSCs/ Post Offices
• Online medicine supply
• Pan-India exchange for patient information
 Technology for Justice
• e-Courts, e-Police, e-Jails, e-Prosecution
 6. Information for All

 Online Hosting of Information & documents

• Citizens have open, easy access to information
• Open data platform

 Government pro-actively engages through social media and web based

platforms to inform citizens
• MyGov.in

 Online messaging to citizens on special occasions/programs

 Largely utilize existing infrastructure

 7. Electronics Manufacturing

 Target NET ZERO Imports

 Ambitious goal which requires coordinated action on many fronts
 Taxation, Incentives
 Focused areas – Big Ticket Items
 Set top boxes, VSATs, Mobiles, Consumer & Medical Electronics,
Smart Energy meters, Smart cards, micro-ATMs
 Incubators, clusters
 Skill development
 Government procurement
 Existing Structures inadequate to handle this goal. Need strengthening.
 8. IT for Jobs

• Coverage: 1 Crore students

Train people in smaller
• Timeline: 5 years New Scheme
• Cost: Rs 200 Cr for weaker sections
towns & villages for IT IT ready
• Nodal Agency: DeitY
sector jobs workforce

• Scope: Setting up of BPO per NE State

• Coverage: NE States ICT enabled
IT/ITES in NE
• Nodal Agency: DeitY
growth in NE

• Nodal Agency: DeitY Ongoing

Train Service Delivery
Agents to run IT services Skilled CSCs
9. Early Harvest programs
IT platform for messages • Coverage: Elected representatives, All Govt employees
• Mass Messaging Application developed

•
Government Greetings to be • Basket of e-Greetings templates available
e-Greetings • Crowd sourcing of e-Greetings through MyGov

• Coverage: All Central Govt. Offices in Delhi

Biometric attendance
• Operational in DeitY & Initiated in Urban Development
• On-boarding started in other departments

• Coverage: Cities with pop > 1 Mill., tourist centres

Public wifi hotspots • Nodal Agency: DoT/ MoUD
• Scope: All universities
Wi-fi in All
Universities School Books to be
eBooks • Nodal Agency: MHRD/ DeitY

SMS based weather

information, disaster • DeitY’s Mobile Seva Platform ready
• Phase I upgradation for 10 Lakh employees alerts
Secure email within done
government • Ph II for 50 Lakh employees by March 2015
National Portal for
Lost & Found children • Nodal Agency: DeitY/ DoWCD
PROPOSALS
 NeGD
To establish ‘Centre on Digital Government and Knowledge Societi
es’ to Promote knowledge creation in the area of e-Governance

• Conduct research on Digital Government and knowledge societies issues.

• Capture formative and sustainable practices in Digital Government and knowledge societies design and implementation.
• Promote fair information practices, universal access to information and knowledge.
• Promote ‘Openness’ in content, technology, and processes through policy intervention, capacity building and awareness
programs.
• Promote awareness of security issues in digital government and knowledge societies and also aid in developing security
procedures and manuals.
• Internship/collaboration opportunities for students.
PMGDISHA
To provide digital literacy training to 6 Crore persons one in every eligible
household in rural India which would enable use of IT and related applications
especially Digital Payments to participate effectively in the democratic process
and enhance their livelihood.

• Duration: Till March 2019

• Duration:
FY 2016-17 FY 2017-18 FY 2018-19 Total
25 Lakh 275 Lakh 300 Lakh 600 Lakh
• Total Outlay : Rs. 2,351.38 Crore
• Approximately, 40% of the Rural Households are proposed to be covered
• Course Duration :20 Hours (minimum 10 Days and maximum 30 Days)
• Eligibility Criteria : Age Group :14-60 years, IT illiterate, one person per household
• The cost per beneficiary : Training Fee : Rs. 300/- , Certification Fee : Rs. 70/-
• Course Duration :20 Hours (minimum 10 Days and maximum 30 Days)
• Selection of Beneficiaries : One person from a digitally illiterate family identified and registered by Training
centres (Duly Verified by Panchayat officer/ BDO/ Tehsildar/School Principal/Gazetted officer or equivalent)
• To ensure geographical spread across the country, a Panchayat centric approach in which initially a target of 200
candidates for each of 2.5 Lakh Gram Panchayats would be allocated.

• Training Partners/Centres
 Digital Literacy : Training ContentIT for Jobs

Name of the Module

Introduction to Digital Devices
Operating Digital Devices
Introduction to the Internet
Communications using the Internet
Application of the Internet ( includes Citizen centric services)
Use of financial tools for undertaking digital cashless transactions
 Training Process

One-time Aadhaar linked Registration of Beneficiary

• Video Assisted teaching by trainer on the basic
digital literacy, digital payment Simulated eLearning multi-lingual Content
• Demonstration by trainer to candidates about on-line, off-line, app based

the content and hardware components of

digital devices Assisted learning using videos

• Hands-on training to the candidate for practice

and to make the candidate familiar with Continuous Self-Assessment

internet, Electronic Payment Systems etc.

Online remote proctored examination
• Periodic assessment conducted by trainer to
make candidate familiar about the online
Hard/Soft copy of certificates provided, Online digital
examination certificate
 Training Partner/Centre – Eligibility Criteria
• Training Partner - Prerequisites
• Must be an organization registered in India
• Must be conducting business in the domain of education/ IT literacy for more than three years
• Should have PAN registration
• Provide audited accounts of statements for at least last three years
• Training Centre- Prerequisites
• Physical Infrastructure
• Minimum carpet area of 200 - 500 sq. ft.
• One class room to seat 5 - 20 students
• Located within the Panchayat boundaries
• Training Infrastructure
• Minimum of 3-5 Operational Computers (Laptop or PC) with genuine/ licensed software
• Out of 3-5 computers, one shall be a low-end server
• All computers should have been connected on a local network
• One High Resolution Web Camera, Internet Connectivity with the minimum speed of 256 kbps, One printer and scanner -
One Mobile Phone and Tablet - Biometric devices prescribed by PMU
• Faculty/Trainer
Each training centre shall have a minimum of one teaching faculty/trainers.
 Indicative State Wise Targets
S.No. Name of the State/UT Total Target (In lakh) 20 Uttarakhand 5.06
1 Uttar Pradesh 111.71 21 Himachal Pradesh 4.44
2 Bihar 66.3 22 Tripura 1.95
3 West Bengal 44.81 Meghalaya 1.71
23
4 Maharashtra 44.33 Manipur 1.37
Madhya Pradesh 37.84 24
5
25 Nagaland 1.01
6 Rajasthan 37.12
7 Karnataka 27.05 26 Arunachal Pradesh 0.77
8 Tamil Nadu 26.79 27 Goa 0.4
9 Orissa 25.17 28 Mizoram 0.38
10 Gujarat 24.97 Sikkim 0.33
29
11 Andhra Pradesh 20.28 NCT of Delhi 0.3
30
12 Telangana 20.28
31 Puducherry 0.28
13 Assam 19.29
14 Jharkhand 18.03 32 A & N Islands 0.18
15 Chhattisgarh 14.12 33 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.13
16 Kerala 12.57 34 Daman & Diu 0.04
17 Punjab 12.47 Chandigarh 0.02
35
18 Haryana 11.91 Lakshadweep 0.01
Jammu & Kashmir 6.58 36
19
  Total 600
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