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Ministry of External Affairs Investments & Technology

Promotion Division

Nov 2015

Investments & Technology Promotion Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India

What is

Digital India?

Providing high-speed internet, mobile phone and bank account

enabling participation in digital & financial space; shareable private

space on a public cloud, and creating a safe and secure cyber

space.

• Seamless integration across departments/jurisdictions

• Ensuring availability of services in real time from online and

mobile platforms for ease of doing business, leveraging

geographical information systems (GIS) etc.

• Take digital literacy to the next level

• Providing digital resources in Indian languages, citizens not

required to submit physical documents, etc.

• To make India ready for a knowledge-based future.

• Focus of the Rs 1.13 lakh crore (appx. US$ 17 billion) initiative

is on using technology to create a participative, transparent

and responsive government.


9 Pillars of Digital India


1. Broadband Highways

• Broadband for All – Rural: 2,50,000 village

Panchayats to be covered under the National

Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) by Dec 2016.

• Broadband for All – Urban: Virtual Network

Operators would be leveraged for service delivery

and communication infrastructure in new urban

developments and buildings would be mandated.

• National Information Infrastructure (NII): NII

would integrate the network and cloud

infrastructure in the country to provide high speed

connectivity and cloud platform to various

government departments up to the panchayat level.

2. Universal Access to Phones

• Plan seeks to provide mobile coverage in a phased

manner to the remaining 55,619 villages in the

country. The total project cost will be around

Rs.16,000 Cr (appx. US$ 2.3 billion) during 2014-

18.

3. Public Internet Access Programme

• Common Service Centres (CSCs): CSCs would be

strengthened and increased from the current 135,000

to 250,000. CSCs – one in each Gram Panchayat,

would be made viable & multi-functional end-points for

delivery of government services.

• Post Offices as Multi-service centres: 150,000 Post

Offices to be converted into multi service centres.


4. E-governance:

• Online applications and tracking, Form simplification

and field reduction.

• Online repositories - Use of online repositories (e.g. for

certificates, educational degrees, identity documents,

etc.) so that citizens are not required to submit these

documents in physical form.

5. E-Kranti:

• The biggest programme within Digital India and

focusses on a mobile-first approach.

• Integration of services and platforms e.g. Aadhaar

platform of Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI),

payment gateway, Mobile Seva platform etc.

• There are 44 Mission Mode Projects under e-Kranti,

which are at various stages of implementation.

• E-education: Free wi-fi in all schools and providing

massive online open courses (MOOCs)

• E-healthcare: online medical consultation, online

medical records, online medicine supply, pan-India

exchange for patient information, etc.

• Technology for farmers: real time price

information, online ordering of inputs and online

cash, loan, and relief payment with mobile banking.

• Technology for security: Mobile based

emergency services and disaster related services

on real time basis.

• Technology for cyber-security: National Cyber

Security Co-ordination Centre would be set up to

ensure safe and secure cyber-space within the

country.

• Technology for financial inclusion: Through use

of mobile banking, Micro-ATM program and CSCs/

Post Offices.

• Technology for Justice: e-Courts, e-Police, e-

Prosecution etc.

E-Kranti: Transforming E-governance for

Transforming Governance


6. Information for all:

• Open Data platform: http://data.gov.in facilitates

proactive release of datasets in open format by the

ministries/departments for use, reuse and

redistribution. Provides open and easy access to

information for citizens.

• Engagement through social media: Pro-actively

engage through social media and web based

platforms to inform and interact with citizens.

• MyGov.in: This website crowdsources ideas from

the public for design of programmes such as better

traffic management, using big data for making cities

smarter etc.

• Online messaging: Online messaging to citizens

on special occasions/programs would be facilitated

through emails and SMS.

7. Electronics Manufacture:

• This pillar focuses on promoting electronics

manufacturing in the country with the target of NET

ZERO Imports by 2020 as a striking demonstration of

intent.

Investments & Technology Promotion Division, Ministry of

External Affairs, Govt. of India

http://data.gov.in/

8. IT for Jobs:

This pillar focuses on providing training to the youth

in the skills required for availing employment

opportunities in the IT / ITES sector. Components of

this pillar include:

• Train 10 million students from smaller towns &

villages for IT sector jobs over 5 years.

• Setting up BPOs in every north-eastern state to

facilitate ICT enabled growth in these states.

• Training 300,000 service delivery agents as part of

skill development to run viable businesses

delivering IT services.

• Training 500,000 Rural Workforce on Telecom and

Telecom related services

9. Early Harvest Programmes:

• IT platform for sending messages.

• E-greetings portal on Mygov.in

• Biometric attendance.

• Wi-fi in all universities.

• Secure email for government officials.

• Standardized government email design.

• Public Wi-fi spots in all cities with 1 million

population and at tourist hubs.

• School books to be e-books.

• SMS-based weather information and disaster

alerts.

• National portal for lost and found children -

http://khoyapaya.gov.in/mpp/home


http://khoyapaya.gov.in/mpp/home

Digital India Initiatives


• A 12-digit unique identity for every Indian

individual, including children and infants.

• Establishes uniqueness of every individual on

the basis of demographic and biometric

information.

• Aadhaar will provide a universal identity

infrastructure which can be used by any

identity-based application (like ration card,

passport, etc.)

• Coverage: 925 million and growing

• Direct Benefit Transfer:

• LPG

• Scholarships

• PDS scheme

AADHAR


E-Sign facilitates

digitally signing a

document by an

Aadhaar holder using an

Online Service. Aadhaar

is mandatory for availing

the eSign Service.

E-Sign is envisaged as

a giant leap towards

large scale adoption of

digital signature and

hence paperless

transactions.


With a view to make all Government services accessible to the

citizens, through common service delivery outlets and ensure

efficiency, transparency and reliability of such services at

affordable costs, the government has created a common

platform with a facility to make online payment using net

banking, credit cards and debit cards.

PayGov India offers a range of payment options through which

a payment can be made by the citizen to avail a service. The

different options available to a citizen are:

•Net banking (approx. 65+ banks)

•Debit card

•Credit card

•IMPS

•Cash Cards/ Wallets

•Mobile Wallet

•NEFT/ RTGS

PayGov


Digital Locker DigiLocker is a service launched by Government of India in February

2015 to provide a secure dedicated personal electronic space for

storing the documents of resident Indian citizens. The storage space

(maximum 1GB) is linked to the Aadhaar number of the user.

Advantages:

• Help citizens to digitally store their important documents like PAN

card, passport, mark sheets and degree certificates.

• Provide secure access to Government issued documents.

• Eliminates the use of physical documents and enables sharing of

verified electronic documents across government agencies.

• A dedicated personal storage space in the cloud to citizens, linked

to citizens Aadhaar number.

• Reduce the administrative overhead of government departments

and agencies created due to paper work.

• Easy for citizens to receive services by saving time and effort as

their documents will now be available anytime, anywhere and can

be shared electronically.

To sign-up for your Digital

Locker, one needs an Aadhaar

card & a Mobile number that is

linked to that Aadhaar card

Number.

https://digitallocker.gov.in/


• ettal is a web portal for

dissemination of e-

Transactions statistics of

National and State level e-

Governance Projects including

Mission Mode Projects.

• It receives transaction

statistics from web based

applications periodically on

near real time basis.

• eTaal presents quick analysis

of transaction counts in tabular

and graphical form to give

quick view of transactions

done by various e-Governance

projects.

E-TTAL

• Promotes healthy competition amongst:

Sates/Union Territories

Departments and

Mission Mode Projects / e-Governance initiatives


• Biggest financial inclusion initiative in the world.

• Date of launch: 28th August 2014

• 193 million accounts opened till Nov 15, 2015

• Features of the scheme include:

No minimum balance required.

Interest on deposit.

Accidental insurance cover of Rs.100,000.

Life insurance cover of Rs.30,000/-.

Easy Transfer of money across India.

Beneficiaries of Government Schemes will get Direct Benefit

Transfer in these accounts.

Overdraft facility of up to Rs.5000/- will be permitted (only one

account per household, preferably lady of the household), after

satisfactory operation of the account for 6 months

RuPay Debit Card will be provided (must be used at least once in

45 days.)

Access to Pension.

Jan Dhan Yojana


“Digital Literacy is the ability of

individuals and communities to

understand and use digital

technologies for meaningful actions

within life situations”

Two levels of training under the SCHEME

Level 1: Appreciation of Digital Literacy

Citizens will be trained to operate digital devices, like mobile

phones, tablets, etc., send and receive emails and search Internet

for information, etc.

Level 2: Basics of Digital Literacy

Citizens would also be trained to effectively access the various e-

Governance services being offered to the citizen by the Government

and other agencies.

Eligibility Criteria

Level 1 : Non-IT literate - Illiterate and up to 7th standard pass

Level 2 : Non-IT literate with at least 8th standard pass

Age : 14 to 60 years

National Digital Literacy Mission Making one person in every family digitally literate

Project to cover 5.25 million


• 7,00,000 kilometres of optical fibre to be laid to connect 250

gram panchayats in 3 years.

• Utilize existing fibres of PSUs (BSNL, Railtel and Power Grid)

and laying incremental fibre to connect to Gram Panchayats

wherever necessary.

• Non-discriminatory access to NOFN for all Service Providers.

• Service providers like Telecom Service Providers(TSPs), ISPs,

Cable TV operators and Content providers can launch various

services in rural areas – e-health, e-education and e-

governance etc.

• Public Wi-fi spots.

• All villages will be provided with internet connectivity.

• NOFN is estimated to cost about Rs. 20,000 Cr and will be

funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). For

more information on USOF visit: http://www.usof.gov.in/

National Optical Fibre Network


http://www.usof.gov.in/

http://www.usof.gov.in/

E-Bhasha


• All government websites: Will move from bilingual to multilingual

• Digital India website: Available in 12 languages…Work in progress to cover

all 22 constitutionally recognized languages


• Building broadband infrastructure

• Creating identity solutions, payment systems, web or mobile

based delivery structures etc.

• Cybersecurity

• Healthcare - telemedicine and remote health

• Smart Cities – 100 smart cities program already announced.

• Make in India - Electronics Manufacturing - For India to

transition to a digital future, it is imperative that a greater

proportion of its consumption is serviced locally.

Digital India investment opportunities

Investments in support of Digital India

• Reliance Industries Ltd: US$ 39.3

billion

• Bharti Airtel: US$ 15 billion

• Aditya Birla Group: US$ 7 billion

• Vedanta (Sterlite Tech): US$ 6 billion

• Vodafone: US$ 2 billion

• ADA Ltd: US$ 1.4 billion


Thank You

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