What is Digital India? How does it help the average Indian citizen? This presentation gives useful details of the government program of connecting Indians to governance through the internet to cut down red tape and increase transparency.

1. M. P. Premkumar
18-10-2015

2. WhatisDigitalIndia?
The Government of
India has launched the
Digital India programme
with the vision to
transform India into a
digitally empowered
society and knowledge
economy.
Digital Infrastructure
as a Utility to every citizen
Governance & Services on Demand
Digital Empowerment of Citizens

3. DigitalInfrastructureasaUtility
 Availability of high speed internet as a core
utility for delivery of services to citizens
 Cradle to grave digital identity that is unique,
lifelong, online and authenticable to every
citizen
 Mobile phone & bank account enabling citizen
participation in digital & financial space
 Easy access to a Common Service Centre
 Shareable private space on a public cloud
 Safe and secure cyber-space

4. Governance&ServicesonDemand
 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
 LeveragingGeospatial Information Systems (GIS) for
decision support systems & development

5. DigitalEmpowermentofCitizens
 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. WhatDigitalIndiaoffers?

7. DigitalLocker
 This initiative eliminates the need for people to carry the
hard copies of the certificates issued by states, municipal
agencies, and other bodies.
 Birth certificates, school and college leaving certificates,
residence and marriage proof, and even PAN cards will be
digitized.
 For this, the government is expected to roll out a national
depository that will hold these records.
 Each private locker will store all the important documents
of users, which are digitally verified by the government.
 Now rather than sending physical copies, the link of that
cloud folder having digital copies of verified certificates can
be shared.
 https://digitallocker.gov.in/

8. DigitalLifeCertificates
 With this, the pensioner will do away with the requirement
of submitting a physical life certificate in November each
year and can now digitally provide proof of their existence
to authorities for continuity of pension every year.
 A software application developed by the Department of
Electronics and IT enable the recording of the pensioner’s
Aadhar number and biometric details from their mobile
device or computer, by plugging in a biometric reading
device.
 The key details of the pensioner, including date, time, and
biometric information, will be uploaded to a central
database on real-time basis, ultimately enabling the
pension disbursing agency to access a digital life certificate.
 https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/

9. DigitalBoosttoMGNREGA
 This initiative will help the implementation
agencies with live data from the worksites, an
online and real-time updation of data base, real-
time visibility of the data for complete
transparency, and location of assets with geo-
tagging for easy verification.
 35,000 gram panchayats are covered to ensured
better implementation through mobile
monitoring system.
 http://mnregaweb4.nic.in/netnrega/dynamic2/dy
namicreport_new4.aspx

10. TwitterSamvad
 It will enable the citizens to be the first to
know about new government initiatives and
actions.
 It is a service that lets leaders and
government agencies communicate with the
people through tweets and SMS.
 https://twitter.com/narendramodi
 https://twitter.com/jayalalitha_j

11. Madad(Help)
 The portal ‘Madad’ will enable Indian citizens
living abroad to file consular grievances
online to address the complaints promptly.
 The initiative will speed up forwarding and
handling of complaints, improve tracking and
redressal and escalate unresolved cases.
 https://org2.passportindia.gov.in/AppConsula
rProject/welcomeLink

12. PANCardOnline
 An online facility under which a PAN card will
be issued within 48 hours of applying.
 Under this initiative, special camps will be
organized throughout the country including
rural areas to help people get PAN cards.
 http://www.thepancard.com/newpancard.php

13. SMS-BasedCycloneWarningSystem
 This program is to create an SMS-based
weather information and disaster alert
system.
 Information on warnings will be disseminated
to officials involved in administration, district
magistrates/collectors besides fisherman,
farmers, and general public.
 http://rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/index.php?op
tion=com_users&view=registration&Itemid=
435&lang=en

14. eMoney
 The Department of Posts (DoP) provides
electronic money order service in about 70%
of its post offices.
 This service will enable India Post to remit
money next day to the doorstep that earlier
took about a week.
 Also, it will make the whole process secure
and fast.
 http://www.indiapost.gov.in/

15. PRAGATI:Publicgrievanceredressal
 It is aimed at monitoring and reviewing
programs and projects of the Government of
India as well as state government initiatives
and also addressing common man’s
grievances.
 This step is expected to make governance in
India more efficient and responsive.
 http://pgportal.gov.in/GrievanceNew.aspx

16. Daily–Monthly–Yearlychores
 BSNLTelephone Bill Payment
 TNEB Electricity Bill Payment
 Birth & Death Certificates
 Chennai PropertyTax Payment
 Chennai MetrowaterTax Payment
 Building Plan Submission
 What’s sent to our Ration Shop?
 Daily Agricultural Prices
 File your IncomeTax

17. M. P. Premkumar