It is the basic concept of the digital india.. its all about what the digital india is.. about its 9 pillars its challenges its impact and its methadology..

1. DIGITAL INDIA
 The Digital India program is a flagship program of the Government
of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered
society and knowledge economy.
 It aims at ensuring the government services are made available to
citizens electronically by reducing paperwork.
 It also includes plan to connect rural areas with high-speed internet
networks.
 The Electronics and IT department will be the implementing agency.
 The programme will be implemented in phases from 2014 till 2018.

2. VISION

3. VISION 1. Infrastructure as Utility to Every
Citizen
 High speed internet shall be made available in all villages.
 Digital identity- unique, lifelong, online and authenticable.
 Mobile phone and Bank account enabling participation in digital &
financial space.
 Easy access to common service centre within their locality.
 Shareable private space on a public cloud.
 Safe and secure cyber space.

4. VISION 2:Governance & Services on
Demand
 Seamlessly integrated services across departments or jurisdictions
 Availability of services in real time from online & mobile platforms
 All citizen entitlements to be portable and available on the cloud
 Digitally transformed services for improving ease of doing business
 Making financial transactions electronic & cashless
 Leveraging Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) for decision support
systems & development

5. VISION 3:Digital Empowerment of Citizens
• Universal digital literacy
• Universally accessible digital resources
• Availability of digital resources / services in Indian languages
• Collaborative digital platforms for participative governance
• Citizens not required to physically submit Govt. documents /
certificates

6. Nine Pillars of Digital India
1. Broadband
Highways
2. Universal Access to
Phones
3. Public Internet
Access Programme
4. E-Governance –
Reforming government
through Technology
5. eKranti – Electronic
delivery of services
6. Information for All
ElectronicsManufacturing
7. Electronics
Manufacturing – Target
NET ZERO Imports
8. IT for Jobs
9. Early Harvest
Programmes

7. Pillar 1. Broadband Highways
1 YR : 50,000 G.P
2 YR : 1,00,000 G.P
3 YR : 1,00,000 G.P
Changes in Rules
to facilitate.
Integration of SWAN,
NKN, NOFN. To be
implemented in 2 years

8. Pillar 2. Universal Access to Mobile connectivity
• Coverage: 55,619 villages
not having mobile coverage
• Timeline: FY 2014-18
• Cost: Rs 16,000 Cr
• Nodal Dept: DoT
Universal Access to
mobile
connectivity
Ongoing
Programme
Increased network
penetration &
coverage of gaps
Providing coverage
in phase manner
Special focus on
north east states.

9. Pillar 3. Public Internet Access Programme – National Rural Internet Mission
•Coverage: 2,50,000 villages (now 1,35,000) (1 CSC in
each gram panchayat)
•Timeline: 3 Years - March 2017
•Cost: Rs 4750 Cr
•Nodal Agency: DeitY
CSCs – made
viable, multi-
functional end-
points for service
delivery
•Coverage: 1,50,000 Post Offices
•Timeline: 2 Years
•Nodal Agency: D/o Posts
Post Offices
to become
Multi-Service
Centres
Ongoing Programme
Reach of Govt. services
to all GPs
This should be
long term vision
for POs

10. Pillar 4. e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology
 E-GOVERNANCE
 refer to the governing of a Country/State using ICT.
 therefore means the application of ICT to transform the efficiency,
effectiveness, transparency and accountability of exchange of information
and transaction.
• this exchange of information and transaction is mainly :
1. between Governments,
2. between Government agencies,
3. between Government and Citizens
4. between Government and businesses
 aims to empower people through giving them access to information.

11. Pillar 4. e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology
 Using I.T. in Government Process Re-engineering makes it simplified and
efficient
 for transformation of effective delivery of government services across various
domains.
 Needs to be Implemented by all Ministries/ Departments.
 Guideline principles are :
• Form simplification and field reduction
• Online applications and tracking
• Online repositories - e.g. for certificates, educational degrees, identity
documents, etc.
• Integration of services and platforms .

12. Pillar 5. eKranti - Electronic Delivery of Services
 Technology for Education – e-Education
 Technology for Health – e-Healthcare
 Technology for Planning
 Technology for Security
 Technology for Farmers
 Technology for Security
 Technology for Financial Inclusion
 Technology for Justice
Ongoing Programme (NeGP) – will be revamped to cover these elements

13. Pillar 5. eKranti - Electronic Delivery of Services
• There are 44 Mission Mode Projects under e-Kranti, which are at various stages of
implementation with the vision of “Transforming e-Governance for Transforming
Governance”.

14. Pillar 6. Information for All
 Online messaging
 Open data platform and online hosting of data and
documents
 Government shall pro-actively engage through
social media

15. Pillar 7. Electronics Manufacturing
Target NET ZERO IMPORTS by 2020
 Target NET ZERO import by 2020
 This goal requires coordinated action on many fronts
a. Taxation, incentives
b. Economies of scale, eliminate cost disadvantages
c. Incubators, clusters
d. Skill development
e. Government procurement
f. Focus areas – Big Ticket Item :-
Set top boxes, VSATs(Very Small Aperture Terminal),
Mobiles, Consumer & Medical Electronics, Smart Energy
meters, Smart cards, micro-ATMs.
 Existing structures are inadequate to handle this goal and need
strengthening

16. Pillar 8. IT for Jobs
 1 Cr students from smaller towns & villages will be trained for IT
sector jobs over 5 years ( by DeitY)
 BPOs would be set up in every north-eastern state to facilitate ICT
enabled growth in these states ( by DeitY)
 3 lakh service delivery agents would be trained as part of skill
development to run viable businesses delivering IT services( by DeitY)
 5 lakh rural workforce would be trained by the Telecom Service
Providers (TSPs) to cater to their own needs ( by DOT)

17. Pillar 9. Early Harvest Programmes
 Biometric attendance
 Wi-Fi in All Universities
 Secure Email within Government
 School Books to be eBooks
 SMS based weather information, disaster alerts
 National Portal for Lost & Found children
 Public Wi-fi hotspots

18. Institutional Mechanisms at National Level

19. Composition of Monitoring Committee on Digital India
 Prime Minister – Chairman
 Finance Minister
 Minister of Communications & IT
 Minister of RD
 Minister of HRD
 Minister of Health

20. ESTIMATED COST
- Costs of Digital India
Rs 1 Lac Cr. in ongoing
schemes.
 Rs 13 Cr. for new
schemes & activities.
Rs 4.5 Lac Cr is total
investment promised
by Private Sector.
Estimated cost is
Equivalent to ¼ of the
National Budget
76%
4%
1% 19%
National Budget
Invested on other Scheme
Invested By Govt.
Invested On New Scheme
Invested By Private Sector

21. ECONOMICAL IMPACT…
As we have seen total investment is equivalent to quarter of country’s Budget.
Huge amount and purposes pledged by Govt. of India and Private Sector(list of some
of the industries) are as follows :-

22. CHALLENGES
 SPECTRUM CRUNCH
ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING
LABOUR AND SKILL
INFRASTRUCTURE
LAND ACQUISION

23. CHANGES
 e-SIGN Framework
 National Scholarship Portal
 e-Hospital
 Digitize India Platform
 Bharat Net
 Wi-fi Hotspots
 Next Generation Network
 Centre of Excellence on Internet
of Things (IoT)
 Digi Locker

24. INTIATIVES AND IMPLIMENTATIONS
 Digital Locker
 Digital Life Certificates
 Digital Boost to MGNREGA
 Twitter Samvad
 Madad (Help)
 Cyclone Warning System
 Online Facility for File Single Return
 Online facility to Issue PAN Card in 48
hours
 eMoney
 PRAGATI
IN CHANDIGARH:
 VAT for businesses through e-
registration,
 Local excise and taxation department
forms online soon.
 E-stamps in place, physical stamp
papers to go soon.
 Administration plans phased rollout of
60 public services under eDistrict
 Mission Mode Project, 16 to go online
soon
 PUNJAB
 Department of Governance Reforms
created in 2012 to work on
 e-governance.
 Power bills can be paid online at the
PSPCL website.
 Corporations in bigger cities have
started some online gateways.

25. Approach and Methodology for Digital India
Programme are:
 Ministries / Departments / States would fully leverage the Common and Support ICT
Infrastructure established by GoI.
The existing/ ongoing e-Governance initiatives would be suitably revamped to align them with
the principles of Digital India.
e-Governance would be promoted through a centralized initiative to the extent necessary, to
ensure citizen centric service orientation, interoperability of various e-Governance applications
Successes would be identified and their replication promoted proactively with the required
productization and customization wherever needed.
Public Private Partnerships would be preferred wherever feasible to implement e-Governance
projects with adequate management and strategic control.
Adoption of Unique ID would be promoted to facilitate identification, authentication and
delivery of benefits.
Restructuring of NIC would be undertaken to strengthen the IT support to all government
departments at Centre and State levels.
The positions of Chief Information Officers (CIO) would be created in at least 10 key Ministries

26. References
• http://www.cmai.asia/digitalindia/pdf/indutry_commit
ment.pdf
• http://computer.financialexpress.com/egov-
watch/egovwatch-budget-2015-focuses-on-digital-
india-programme/9879/
• http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/the-digital-
divide-pros-and-cons-of-modi-s-latest-big-initiative-
1435856952.html
• http://indiaegovernance.blogspot.in
• http://www.digitalindia.gov.in/content/programme-
pillars
• Ref. PIB Press Release dated 20 Aug 2014