This slide gives a brief idea about the Digital India initiative by the Government of India.

1. By : Group 4

2. INTRODUCTION
• Campaign launched by the Government of India
• On 1st July, 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• It ensures that Government services are available to
citizens electronically.
• Improving online infrastructure
• Increasing internet connectivity or by making the
country digitally empowered in the field of
technology.
• It is an umbrella programme – covering many
departments.

3. COMPOSITION OF MONITORING
COMMITTEE
Prime Minister – Chairman
Finance Minister
Minister of Communications & IT
Minister of RD
Minister of HRD
Minister of Health
Special Invitees:
• Principal Secretary to PM
• Cabinet Secretary
• Secretaries of Expenditure, Planning, DoT and Posts
• Secretary, DeitY – Convener

4. PARTNERS OF DIGITAL INDIA
Google committed to provide broadband connectivity on 500 railway
stations in India.
Microsoft agreed to provide broadband connectivity to five lakh
villages in India and is making India its cloud hub through Indian
data centres.
Qualcomm announced to setup their plant in India.
• Qualcomm announced an investment of $150 million in Indian start
ups.
• This will be the opportunity of the work in its field in India.
Reliance industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said his company would
invest Rs 2.5 lakh crore across different digital India heads, which
help to create employment for over five lakh people. -He also
announced setting up of the jio digital India start up fund to
encourage young entrepreneurs.
Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg changed his DP to support Digital
India and started a chain on facebook and promised to work on
WiFi Hotspots in rural India

5. HISTORY
Digital India was launched by the Prime Minister of
India Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015
Objective of connecting rural areas with high-speed
Internet networks and improving digital literacy.
Vision of Digital India programme is inclusive growth
in areas of electronic services, products,
manufacturing and job opportunities etc. and it is
centred on key areas.

6. OBJECTIVES
• Connecting rural areas with high speed internet
networks.
• Improving Digital literacy.
• Secure access to Government issued
documents.
• Anytime, anywhere access to any document.
• Ensure privacy & authorized access to residents
data.
• Ensure that Government services are made
available to all citizens electronically.

7. FOCUS AREAS : PILLARS

8. IMPLEMENTATION : KEY PROJECTS
• MyGov Platform
• Jeevan Pramaan
• eBooks Platform (eBasta)
• Digital Locker System
• e-Sign
• e-Hospital
• National Scholarships Portal
• National Digital Literacy Mission
• DISHA (Digital Saksharta Abhiyan)
• Upsurge in Make-in-India in Electronics

9. CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTATION
• Speed
• Global Competition
• Maintenance of Distribution Channels
• High cost of implementation
• Time overrun
• Lack of coordination among departments
• Poor private participation
• Uniform and fast adoption of Internet
• Cyber Security

10. IMPACT ON VARIOUS SECTORS
• Financial Services
• Education
• Healthcare
• Agriculture and Food
• Energy
• Infrastructure
• Government Services

11. FUTURE OF THE PROGRAMME
• • Digital India is a programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge
economy. According to analysts, the Digital India plan could boost GDP up to $1 trillion by 2025.
• • Empower citizens of India with data and information that is available with government across all
departments. Information to be digitized with government services that are accessible online
anytime, anywhere on any device.
• • India with its diversity and geographical layout will need to work with the technologies like
cloudcomputing (a concept where the infrastructure is converged and services are shared. The
resources which include application/software, platform, infrastructure (also in the form of an API)
and also business processes can be shared with multiple users and is dynamically allocated on
demand),mobility (web-based approach), analytics, social and security in a very well-coordinated
and organized structure.
• • By 2019, 2.5 lakh villages will have broadband connection , with added feature of phone
connectivity.
• • India will have a staggering 400,000 Public Internet Access Points.
• • Over 2.5 lakh educational institutions including schools and universities will have Wi-Fi facility.
• • The most telling impact will be on increasing skills and job prospects. It is estimated that by 2019,
about 1.7 crore young Indians will have proper training in IT , telecom and electronics.
• • 1.7 crore jobs directly and the resultant economic upsurge will add another 8.5 crore jobs.
• • The total impact will be more than 10 crore jobs for Indian youths in about 4 years from now.
• • India will become a world leader in IT interface with e governance and e-services getting
maximum exposure. Indian firms will gain internationally with their expertise in IT use in services
like health, education and banking.

12. CONCLUSION
• A digitally connected India can help in improving social and economic
condition of people through development of non-agricultural economic
activities apart from providing access to education, health and financial
services. However, it is important to note that ICT alone cannot directly
lead to overall development of the nation. The overall growth and
development can be realized through supporting and enhancing elements
such as literacy, basic infrastructure, overall business environment,
regulatory environment, etc.
• Digital India is an ambitious and staggeringly lofty goal, but it is one ripe
with opportunity. To achieve it, we as a nation, will need to see many
changes in the way this country works. But those changes can be brought
about with technologies like cloud computing, Big Data and IOTs much
more easily than ever before. Additionally such technologies must be
applied in key sectors for maximum benefit, these include sectors such as
Education, Finance and Agriculture. With its immense human capital and
strong service sector, India is brimming with potential, however it’s going
to be the implementation and decisions made that will decide whether
India will sink or float in this endeavor.

13. RECOMMENDATION
 The government should also focus on sustainable development and basic facilities of rural
area before providing them digital services. These two have to go hand-in-hand.
 The government must encourage open global standards that will enable India to benefit
from the best technology worldwide.
 The one area where this kind of a model is needed with a high level of urgency is in
developing the culture of innovation in India.
 What is needed now is an unprecedented focus and the will to make it happen across both
government and industry.
 The government has set the stage with a strong vision and an equally strong show of will to
make it happen. What we need now is for them to focus on setting the right policy
frameworks and processes that make it easy for industry to do business in India and
encourage us to participate in India’s journey towards becoming a digital India.
 Our recommendation to the government would be to set up PPP forums in each of these
segments to invite industry to participate in areas where they have the domain expertise
and interest.
 To create impact of Digital India to be realized, we have to use technology to solve
problems faced by Indians and for that we need a very strong culture of grounds-up
frugal innovation in IT.
 Indian government need to start providing digital literacy to every other citizen.