Digital-India.pdf

Ministry of External Affairs
Investments & Technology
Promotion Division
Nov 2015
Investments & Technology Promotion Division, Ministry of
External Affairs, Govt. of India

What is
Digital India?
Providing high-speed internet, mobile phone and bank account
enabling participation in digital & financial space; shareable private
space on a public cloud, and creating a safe and secure cyber
space.
• Seamless integration across departments/jurisdictions
• Ensuring availability of services in real time from online and
mobile platforms for ease of doing business, leveraging
geographical information systems (GIS) etc.
• Take digital literacy to the next level
• Providing digital resources in Indian languages, citizens not
required to submit physical documents, etc.
• To make India ready for a knowledge-based future.
• Focus of the Rs 1.13 lakh crore (appx. US$ 17 billion) initiative
is on using technology to create a participative, transparent
and responsive government.

9 Pillars of Digital India

1. Broadband Highways
• Broadband for All – Rural: 2,50,000 village
Panchayats to be covered under the National
Network (NOFN) by Dec 2016.
• Broadband for All – Urban: Virtual Network
Operators would be leveraged for service
communication infrastructure in new urban
buildings would be mandated.
• National Information Infrastructure (NII): NII
would integrate the network and cloud
country to provide high speed connectivity and
to various government departments up to the
2. Universal Access to Phones
• Plan seeks to provide mobile coverage in a
phased manner to the remaining 55,619
villages in the country. The total project cost
will be around Rs.16,000 Cr (appx. US$ 2.3
billion) during 2014-18.
3. Public Internet Access Programme
• Common Service Centres (CSCs): CSCs would be
strengthened and increased from the current
135,000 to 250,000. CSCs – one in each Gram
Panchayat, would be made viable & multi-
functional end-points for delivery of government
services.
• Post Offices as Multi-service centres: 150,000
Post Offices to be converted into multi service
centres.

4. E-governance:
• Online applications and tracking, Form
reduction.
• Online repositories - Use of online repositories
educational degrees, identity documents, etc.) so
not required to submit these documents in
5. E-Kranti:
• The biggest programme within Digital India and
focusses on a mobile-first approach.
• Integration of services and platforms e.g. Aadhaar
platform of Unique Identity Authority of India
(UIDAI), payment gateway, Mobile Seva platform
etc.
• There are 44 Mission Mode Projects under e-
Kranti, which are at various stages of
implementation.
• E-education: Free wi-fi in all schools and
providing massive online open courses (MOOCs)
• E-healthcare: online medical consultation, online
medical records, online medicine supply, pan-
India exchange for patient information, etc.
• Technology for farmers: real time price
information, online ordering of inputs and
online cash, loan, and relief payment with
mobile banking.
• Technology for security: Mobile based
emergency services and disaster related
services on real time basis.
• Technology for cyber-security: National Cyber
Security Co-ordination Centre would be set up
to ensure safe and secure cyber-space within
the country.
• Technology for financial inclusion: Through
use of mobile banking, Micro-ATM program
and CSCs/ Post Offices.
• Technology for Justice: e-Courts, e-Police, e-
Prosecution etc.
E-Kranti:
Transforming E-governance for
Transforming Governance

6. Information for all:
• Open Data platform: http://data.gov.in
facilitates proactive release of datasets in open
ministries/departments for use, reuse and
Provides open and easy access to information
• Engagement through social media: Pro-actively
engage through social media and web based
inform and interact with citizens.
• MyGov.in: This website crowdsources ideas
from the public for design of programmes
management, using big data for making cities
• Online messaging: Online messaging to
citizens on special occasions/programs would
through emails and SMS.
7. Electronics Manufacture:
• This pillar focuses on promoting electronics
manufacturing in the country with the target of
NET ZERO Imports by 2020 as a striking
demonstration of intent.

8. IT for Jobs:
This pillar focuses on providing training to the
required for availing employment opportunities
sector. Components of this pillar include:
• Train 10 million students from smaller towns
sector jobs over 5 years.
• Setting up BPOs in every north-eastern state
enabled growth in these states.
• Training 300,000 service delivery agents as
development to run viable businesses
• Training 500,000 Rural Workforce on Telecom
related services
9. Early Harvest Programmes:
• IT platform for sending messages.
• E-greetings portal on Mygov.in
• Biometric attendance.
• Wi-fi in all universities.
• Secure email for government officials.
• Standardized government email design.
• Public Wi-fi spots in all cities with 1
million population and at tourist hubs.
• School books to be e-books.
• SMS-based weather information and
disaster alerts.
• National portal for lost and found children
- http://khoyapaya.gov.in/mpp/home

Digital India Initiatives

• A 12-digit unique identity for every Indian
individual, including children and infants.
• Establishes uniqueness of every individual on
the basis of demographic and biometric
information.
• Aadhaar will provide a universal identity
infrastructure which can be used by any
identity-based application (like ration card,
passport, etc.)
• Coverage: 925 million and growing
• Direct Benefit Transfer:
• LPG
• Scholarships
• PDS scheme
AADHAR

E-Sign facilitates
digitally signing a
by an Aadhaar holder
an Online Service.
mandatory for
eSign Service.
E-Sign is envisaged as
giant leap towards
adoption of digital
and hence paperless
transactions.

With a view to make all Government services accessible to the citizens,
through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency
and reliability of such services at affordable costs, the government has
created a common platform with a facility to make online payment using net
banking, credit cards and debit cards.
PayGov India offers a range of payment options through which a payment
can be made by the citizen to avail a service. The different options available
to a citizen are:
•Net banking (approx. 65+ banks)
•Debit card
•Credit card
•IMPS
•Cash Cards/ Wallets
•Mobile Wallet
•NEFT/ RTGS
PayGov

Digital Locker
DigiLocker is a service launched by Government of India in February
2015 to provide a secure dedicated personal electronic space for
storing the documents of resident Indian citizens. The storage space
(maximum 1GB) is linked to the Aadhaar number of the user.
Advantages:
• Help citizens to digitally store their important documents like PAN
card, passport, mark sheets and degree certificates.
• Provide secure access to Government issued documents.
• Eliminates the use of physical documents and enables sharing of
verified electronic documents across government agencies.
• A dedicated personal storage space in the cloud to citizens, linked
to citizens Aadhaar number.
• Reduce the administrative overhead of government departments
and agencies created due to paper work.
• Easy for citizens to receive services by saving time and effort as
their documents will now be available anytime, anywhere and can
be shared electronically.
To sign-up for your Digital
Locker, one needs an Aadhaar
card & a Mobile number that is
linked to that Aadhaar card
Number.
https://digitallocker.gov.in/

• ettal is a web portal for dissemination
of e-Transactions statistics of
National and State level e-
Governance Projects including
Mission Mode Projects.
• It receives transaction statistics from
web based applications periodically
on near real time basis.
• eTaal presents quick analysis of
transaction counts in tabular and
graphical form to give quick view of
transactions done by various e-
Governance projects.
E-TTAL
• Promotes healthy competition amongst:
 Sates/Union Territories
 Departments and
 Mission Mode Projects / e-Governance initiatives

• Biggest financial inclusion initiative in the world.
• Date of launch: 28th August 2014
• 193 million accounts opened till Nov 15, 2015
• Features of the scheme include:
 No minimum balance required.
 Interest on deposit.
 Accidental insurance cover of Rs.100,000.
 Life insurance cover of Rs.30,000/-.
 Easy Transfer of money across India.
 Beneficiaries of Government Schemes will get Direct Benefit Transfer in these
accounts.
 Overdraft facility of up to Rs.5000/- will be permitted (only one account per
household, preferably lady of the household), after satisfactory operation of the
account for 6 months
 RuPay Debit Card will be provided (must be used at least once in 45 days.)
 Access to Pension.
Jan Dhan Yojana

“Digital Literacy is the ability of
individuals and communities to
understand and use digital
technologies for meaningful actions
within life situations”
Two levels of training under the SCHEME
Level 1: Appreciation of Digital Literacy
Citizens will be trained to operate digital devices, like mobile
send and receive emails and search Internet for information,
Level 2: Basics of Digital Literacy
Citizens would also be trained to effectively access the
services being offered to the citizen by the Government and
Eligibility Criteria
Level 1 : Non-IT literate - Illiterate and up to 7th standard
Level 2 : Non-IT literate with at least 8th standard pass
Age : 14 to 60 years
National Digital Literacy Mission
 Making one person in every family digitally literate
 Project to cover 5.25 million

• 7,00,000 kilometres of optical fibre to be laid to connect 250
gram panchayats in 3 years.
• Utilize existing fibres of PSUs (BSNL, Railtel and Power Grid)
and laying incremental fibre to connect to Gram Panchayats
wherever necessary.
• Non-discriminatory access to NOFN for all Service Providers.
• Service providers like Telecom Service Providers(TSPs), ISPs,
Cable TV operators and Content providers can launch various
services in rural areas – e-health, e-education and e-
governance etc.
• Public Wi-fi spots.
• All villages will be provided with internet connectivity.
• NOFN is estimated to cost about Rs. 20,000 Cr and will be
funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). For
more information on USOF visit: http://www.usof.gov.in/
National Optical Fibre Network

E-Bhasha
• All government websites: Will move from bilingual to multilingual
• Digital India website: Available in 12 languages…Work in progress to cover
all 22 constitutionally recognized languages

• Building broadband infrastructure
• Creating identity solutions, payment systems, web or mobile based
delivery structures etc.
• Cybersecurity
• Healthcare - telemedicine and remote health
• Smart Cities – 100 smart cities program already announced.
• Make in India - Electronics Manufacturing - For India to transition to a
digital future, it is imperative that a greater proportion of its consumption is
serviced locally.
Digital India investment opportunities
Investments in support of Digital India
• Reliance Industries Ltd: US$ 39.3 billion
• Bharti Airtel: US$ 15 billion
• Aditya Birla Group: US$ 7 billion
• Vedanta (Sterlite Tech): US$ 6 billion
• Vodafone: US$ 2 billion
• ADA Ltd: US$ 1.4 billion

Thank You
For queries, write to: diritp@mea.gov.in

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