The Digital India initiative aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society through 9 pillars: broadband highways, universal access to phones, public internet access, e-governance, e-Kranti (electronic delivery of services), information for all, electronics manufacturing, IT training, and early harvest programs. Key programs include Aadhaar (unique identity), DigiLocker (document storage), Pay.gov (payments), Jan Dhan Yojana (financial inclusion), and E-Bhasha (multilingual access). The initiative represents a large investment opportunity for developing digital infrastructure, solutions, and manufacturing to support India's transition to a digital economy and knowledge society.

1. Investments & Technology Promotion Division, Ministry
of External Affairs, Govt. of India
Ministry of External Affairs
Investments & Technology Promotion Division
March 2019

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• 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.
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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.
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• 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.
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• Take digital literacy to the next level
• Providing digital resources in Indian languages, citizens not required to submit physical documents, etc.
What is
Digital India?
Digital Infrastructure as a Core
Utility to Every Citizen
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Governance and Services on
Demand
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Digital Empowerment of
Citizens

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
9 Pillars of
Digital India

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
1. Broadband Highways
• Broadband for All – Rural: 2,50,000 village Panchayats to be covered under the National Optical Fibre
Network (NOFN) by Dec 2016.
• Broadband for All – Urban: Virtual Network Operators would be leveraged for service delivery and
communication infrastructure in new urban developments and buildings would be mandated.
• National Information Infrastructure (NII): NII would integrate the network and cloud infrastructure in the
country to provide high speed connectivity and cloud platform to various government departments up to
the panchayat level.
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.
Services Available through Common Services Centres:

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
4. E-governance:
• Online applications and tracking, Form simplification and field reduction.
• Online repositories - Use of online repositories (e.g. for certificates, educational degrees, identity documents, etc.) so that
citizens are not required to submit these documents in physical form.
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.
E-Kranti:
Transforming
E-governance for
Transforming
Governance

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6. Information for all:
• Open Data platform: http://data.gov.in facilitates proactive release of datasets in open format by
the ministries/departments for use, reuse and redistribution. Provides open and easy access to
information for citizens.
• Engagement through social media: Pro-actively engage through social media and web based
platforms to inform and interact with citizens.
• MyGov.in: This website crowdsources ideas from the public for design of programmes such as
better traffic management, using big data for making cities smarter etc.
• Online messaging: Online messaging to citizens on special occasions/programs would be facilitated
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.

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
8. IT for Jobs:
This pillar focuses on providing training to the youth in the skills required for availing
employment opportunities in the IT / ITES sector. Components of this pillar include:
• Train 10 million students from smaller towns & villages for IT sector jobs over 5 years.
• Setting up BPOs in every north-eastern state to facilitate ICT enabled growth in these
states.
• Training 300,000 service delivery agents as part of skill development to run viable
businesses delivering IT services.
• Training 500,000 Rural Workforce on Telecom and 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

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
Digital India Initiatives
The Digital India Initiatives is a
flagship programme of the
Government of India with a vision
to transform India into a digitally
empowered society and
knowledge economy.

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• 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
AADHAAR

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
E-Sign facilitates digitally signing a document by an Aadhaar
holder using an Online Service. Aadhaar is mandatory for availing
the eSign Service.
E-Sign is envisaged as a giant leap towards large scale adoption of
digital signature and hence paperless transactions.

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
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

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
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/
Digital Locker

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• 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.
• Promotes healthy competition amongst:
• Sates/Union Territories
• Departments and
• Mission Mode Projects / e-Governance initiatives
E-TTAL

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• 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.
Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana
India’s Biggest Financial Inclusion Drive
Jan Dhan Yojana

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• 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
E-Bhasha

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of External Affairs, Govt. of India
• 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

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