Digital India is a initiative by the Government of India to provide electronic access to government services to citizens by improving online infrastructure and internet connectivity. It was launched on July 1, 2015 with the goal of empowering citizens. Key goals include connecting 250,000 schools with broadband internet, setting up public WiFi hotspots, and training rural citizens for IT sector jobs. However, there are still challenges to overcome such as fully establishing optic fiber networks and acquiring needed skills labor.

2. Digital India is an initiative by the Government of India to ensure that
Government services are made available to citizens electronically by
improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity
Launched on 1 July 2015 with the motto “Power To Empower”
E-Governance is going to change into M-Governance

8. 25.51 million broadband
user
73.69 million users with
maximum user in Delhi

10. NII will integrate the network
structure by including:-

13. A total of 150,000 Post
Offices are proposed to
be converted into multi
service centers.
Department of Posts
would be the nodal
department to
implement this scheme.

16. There are 44 Mission Mode Projects under e-Kranti, which are at various stages of
implementation.

17. All Schools will be connected with
broadband. Free Wi-Fi will be provided in
all secondary and higher secondary
schools (coverage would be around
250,000 schools).
e-Healthcare would cover
online medical consultation,
online medical records,
online medicine supply, pan-
India exchange for patient
information

18. National Cyber Security Co-ordination Centre
would be set up to ensure safe and secure cyber-
space within the country.

19. Online hosting of information & documents would facilitate open and easy access to
information for citizens.
MyGov.in, a platform for citizen engagement in governance
It will facilitate 2-way communication between citizens and Government to bring in
good governance.

22. The target of this component is to
train one crore students from
smaller towns & villages for IT
sector jobs over 5 years.
This component focuses on
setting up BPOs(Business
Process Outsourcing) in every
north-eastern state to facilitate
ICT enabled growth in these
states.

23. This component focuses on training of five lakh rural
workforce the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to
cater to their own needs.

24. It will cover all Central Government offices in
Delhi to begin with. Over 40,000 Government
employees from 150 organizations
Cities with population of over 1 million and
tourist centers would be provided with public
Wi-Fi hotspots to promote digital cities.

25. SMS based weather information and disaster
alerts would be provided.

26. 1. Laying optic fiber cables.
2. Universal mobile access networks not
working.
3. Public internet access project very slow.
4. Land Acquisition
5. Weak Electronics manufacturing links in
India.
6. Shortage of skill labor