DIGITAL INDIA The Digital India program is a flagship program of the Government

of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

It aims at ensuring the government services are made available to citizens electronically by reducing paperwork.

It also includes plan to connect rural areas with high-speed internet networks.

The Electronics and IT department will be the implementing agency. The programme will be implemented in phases from 2014 till 2018.

VISION

VISION 1. Infrastructure as Utility to Every Citizen

High speed internet shall be made available in all villages.

Digital identity- unique, lifelong, online and authenticable.

Mobile phone and Bank account enabling participation in digital & financial space.

Easy access to common service centre within their locality.

Shareable private space on a public cloud.

Safe and secure cyber space.

VISION 2:Governance & Services on Demand

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

Leveraging Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) for decision

support systems & development

VISION 3:Digital Empowerment of Citizens

• 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

Nine Pillars of Digital India

1. Broadband Highways

2. Universal Access to Phones

3. Public Internet Access Programme

4. E-Governance – Reforming government

through Technology

5. eKranti – Electronic delivery of services

6. Information for All

Electronics Manufacturing

7. Electronics Manufacturing – Target

NET ZERO Imports

8. IT for Jobs

9. Early Harvest Programmes

Pillar 1. Broadband Highways• COVERAGE : 2,50,000 VILLAGE PANCHAYATS• COVERED UNDER THE “NATIONAL OPTICAL

FIBRE NETWORK (NOFN)• NODAL DEPT. : DoT • NET TIMELINE: BY DEC. 2016

Broadband for allRural

• Virtual Network Operators for service delivery.

• Mandate communication infrastructure in new urban development and buildings.

Broadband for all Urban

• Coverage: Nationwide• Timeline: March 2017• Cost: Rs 15,686 Cr• Nodal Dept: DeitY

National Information Infrastructure (NII)

1 YR : 50,000 G.P 2 YR : 1,00,000 G.P3 YR : 1,00,000 G.P

Changes in Rules to facilitate.

Integration of SWAN, NKN, NOFN. To be implemented in 2 years

Pillar 2. Universal Access to Mobile connectivity

Universal Access to mobile

connectivity

• Coverage: 55,619 villages not having mobile coverage

• Timeline: FY 2014-18• Cost: Rs 16,000 Cr• Nodal Dept: DoT

Ongoing Programme Increased network penetration & coverage of gaps

Providing coverage in phase manner

Special focus on north east states.

Pillar 3. Public Internet Access Programme – National Rural Internet Mission

CSCs – made viable, multi-functional end-points for

service delivery

• Coverage: 2,50,000 villages (now 1,35,000) (1 CSC in each gram panchayat)

• Timeline: 3 Years - March 2017• Cost: Rs 4750 Cr• Nodal Agency: DeitY

Post Offices to become

Multi-Service Centres

• Coverage: 1,50,000 Post Offices• Timeline: 2 Years• Nodal Agency: D/o Posts

Ongoing ProgrammeReach of Govt. services

to all GPs

This should be long term vision

for POs

Pillar 4. e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology

E-GOVERNANCE refer to the governing of a Country/State using ICT.

therefore means the application of ICT to transform the efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of exchange of information and transaction.

• this exchange of information and transaction is mainly : 1. between Governments,

2. between Government agencies, 3. between Government and Citizens 4. between Government and businesses aims to empower people through giving them access to information.

Pillar 4. e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology

Using I.T. in Government Process Re-engineering makes it simplified and efficient

for transformation of effective delivery of government services across various domains.

Needs to be Implemented by all Ministries/ Departments.

Guideline principles are :

• Form simplification and field reduction

• Online applications and tracking

• Online repositories - e.g. for certificates, educational degrees, identity documents, etc.

• Integration of services and platforms .

Pillar 5. eKranti - Electronic Delivery of Services

Technology for Education – e-Education

Technology for Health – e-Healthcare

Technology for Planning

Technology for Security

Technology for Farmers

Technology for Security

Technology for Financial Inclusion

Technology for Justice

Ongoing Programme (NeGP) – will be revamped to cover these elements

Pillar 5. eKranti - Electronic Delivery of Services• There are 44 Mission Mode Projects under e-Kranti, which are at various stages of

implementation with the vision of “Transforming e-Governance for Transforming Governance”.

Pillar 6. Information for All Online messaging

Open data platform and online hosting of data and documents

Government shall pro-actively engage through social media

Pillar 7. Electronics ManufacturingTarget NET ZERO IMPORTS by 2020

Target NET ZERO import by 2020 This goal requires coordinated action on many fronts a.    Taxation, incentives

b.    Economies of scale, eliminate cost disadvantages c.     Incubators, clusters d.     Skill development e.  Government procurement

f. Focus areas – Big Ticket Item :-Set top boxes, VSATs(Very Small Aperture Terminal), Mobiles, Consumer & Medical Electronics, Smart Energy meters, Smart cards, micro-ATMs.

Existing structures are inadequate to handle this goal and need strengthening

Pillar 8. IT for Jobs 1 Cr students from smaller towns & villages will be trained for IT

sector jobs over 5 years ( by DeitY)

BPOs would be set up in every north-eastern state to facilitate ICT enabled growth in these states ( by DeitY)

3 lakh service delivery agents would be trained as part of skill development to run viable businesses delivering IT services( by DeitY)

5 lakh rural workforce would be trained by the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to cater to their own needs ( by DOT)

Pillar 9. Early Harvest Programmes Biometric attendance

Wi-Fi in All Universities

Secure Email within Government

School Books to be eBooks

SMS based weather information, disaster alerts

National Portal for Lost & Found children

Public Wi-fi hotspots

Institutional Mechanisms at National Level

Composition of Monitoring Committee on Digital India

Prime Minister – Chairman

Finance Minister

Minister of Communications & IT

Minister of RD

Minister of HRD

Minister of Health

ESTIMATED COST- Costs of Digital India

Rs 1 Lac Cr. in ongoing schemes.

Rs 13 Cr. for new schemes & activities.

Rs 4.5 Lac Cr is total investment promised by Private Sector.

Estimated cost is Equivalent to ¼ of the National Budget

76%

4%1%

19%

National BudgetInvested on other SchemeInvested By Govt.Invested On New Scheme Invested By Private Sector

ECONOMICAL IMPACT…As we have seen total investment is equivalent to quarter of country’s Budget.

Huge amount and purposes pledged by Govt. of India and Private Sector(list of some of the industries) are as follows :-

CHALLENGES

SPECTRUM CRUNCHELECTRONICS MANUFACTURINGLABOUR AND SKILLINFRASTRUCTURELAND ACQUISION

CHANGES e-SIGN Framework

National Scholarship Portal e-Hospital

Digitize India Platform Bharat Net

Wi-fi Hotspots Next Generation Network

Centre of Excellence on Internet of Things (IoT)

Digi Locker

INTIATIVES AND IMPLIMENTATIONS

Digital Locker Digital Life Certificates Digital Boost to MGNREGA Twitter Samvad Madad (Help) Cyclone Warning System Online Facility for File Single

Return Online facility to Issue PAN

Card in 48 hours eMoney PRAGATI

IN CHANDIGARH: VAT for businesses through e-

registration, Local excise and taxation department

forms online soon. E-stamps in place, physical stamp papers

to go soon. Administration plans phased rollout of

60 public services under eDistrict Mission Mode Project, 16 to go online

soon PUNJAB Department of Governance Reforms

created in 2012 to work on e-governance. Power bills can be paid online at the

PSPCL website. Corporations in bigger cities have started

some online gateways.

Approach and Methodology for Digital India Programme are: Ministries / Departments / States would fully leverage the Common and Support ICT Infrastructure established by GoI.

The existing/ ongoing e-Governance initiatives would be suitably revamped to align them with the principles of Digital India.

e-Governance would be promoted through a centralized initiative to the extent necessary, to ensure citizen centric service orientation, interoperability of various e-Governance applications

Successes would be identified and their replication promoted proactively with the required productization and customization wherever needed.

Public Private Partnerships would be preferred wherever feasible to implement e-Governance projects with adequate management and strategic control.

Adoption of Unique ID would be promoted to facilitate identification, authentication and delivery of benefits.

Restructuring of NIC would be undertaken to strengthen the IT support to all government departments at Centre and State levels.

The positions of Chief Information Officers (CIO) would be created in at least 10 key Ministries

References

• http://www.cmai.asia/digitalindia/pdf/indutry_commitment.pdf

• http://computer.financialexpress.com/egov-watch/egovwatch-budget-2015-focuses-on-digital-india-programme/9879/

• http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/the-digital-divide-pros-and-cons-of-modi-s-latest-big-initiative-1435856952.html

• http://indiaegovernance.blogspot.in• http://www.digitalindia.gov.in/content/progra

mme-pillars• Ref. PIB Press Release dated 20 Aug 2014