Digital India

The National e-Governance Plan approved in 2006 has made a steady progress through Mission Mode Projects and Core ICT Infrastructure, but greater thrust is required to ensure effective progress in electronics manufacturing and e-Governance in the country.

Digital India aims to transform the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy by leveraging IT as a growth engine of new India.

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Vision of Digital India

Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen

High speed internet as a core utility
Cradle to grave digital identity -unique, lifelong, online, authenticable
Mobile phone & Bank account enabling participation in digital & financial space
Easy access to a Common Service Centre
Shareable private space on a public cloud
Safe and secure Cyber-space

Governance & Services on Demand

Seamlessly integrated across departments or jurisdictions
Services available in real time from online & mobile platform
All citizen entitlements to be available on the cloud
Services digitally transformed for improving Ease of Doing Business
Making financial transactions electronic & cashless
Leveraging GIS for decision support systems & development

Digital Empowerment of Citizens

Universal Digital Literacy
Universally accessible digital resources
All documents/ certificates to be available on cloud
Availability of digital resources / services in Indian languages
Collaborative digital platforms for participative governance
Portability of all entitlements through cloud

9 Pillars of Digital India

Broadband Highways

Broadband for all Rural 250,000 GP by 2016
Integration of SWAN, NKN, NOFN to be implemented in 2 years

Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity

Remaining uncovered villages (~ 42,300 villages) by 2018

Public Internet Access Programme

CSCs – made viable, multi-functional end-points for service delivery.
Post Offices to become Multi-Service Centres

E-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology

Government Business Process Re-engineering using IT to improve transactions

Online applications and tracking, Interface between departments

Use of online repositories e.g. school certificates, voter ID cards, etc.

Integration of services and platforms – UIDAI, Payment Gateway, Mobile Platform, EDI

Electronic Databases – all databases and information to be electronic, not manual
Public Grievance Redressal – using IT to automate, respond, analyze data to identify and resolve persistent problems – largely process improvements

e-Kranti – Electronic Delivery of Services