5 years of “Digital India"
◆The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology organised a conference to celebrate 5 Years of Digital India progressing towards Digital Bharat – Atma Nirbhar Bharat.
Highlights
●The Digital India journey in the past 5 years has centred around empowerment, inclusion, digital transformation.●A ‘National AI Portal’ and ‘Responsible AI for Youth’ was launched recently to lay the foundation for an AI-powered future.●Digital India’s initiatives have also played a pivotal role during the CoVID-19 situation, such as Aarogya Setu, E-Sanjeevani, sensitisation through MyGov and Social media platforms etc.◆The number of e-Services has increased from 2,463 in 2014 to 3,858 till May 2020 and daily average electronic transactions have increased from 66 lakh in 2014 to 16.3 crore in 2020◆Unified Mobile App for New-Age Governance (UMANG) has 860+ services operational◆MyGov facilitates participatory governance in the country.◆Digital India has positively impacted all aspects of the lives of Indian citizens through Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Transfer, Common Services Centres, DigiLocker, Jeevan Pramaan, to UPI, Ayushman Bharat, e-Hospital, PM-Kisan, e-NAM, Soil Health Cards, SWAYAM, SWAYAM PRABHA, National Scholarship Portal, e-Pathshala, and so on.About Digital India●It is a flagship programme of the Government of India launched on 1 July 2015, with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.●It is transformational in nature and would ensure that Government services are available to citizens electronically.●It would also bring in public accountability through mandated delivery of government’s services electronically.The vision is centred on three key areas
- Digital infrastructure as Utility to Every Citizen
- Governance and services on demand
- Digital empowerment of citizens
●Digital India aims to provide the much needed thrust to the nine pillars of growth areas, namely•Broadband Highways•Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity•Public Internet Access Programme•e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology•e-Kranti - Electronic Delivery of Services•Information for All•Electronics Manufacturing•IT for Jobs•Early Harvest Programmes
