Digital India Programme Details: Expansion Outlay & Core Visions

Digital India Programme Details: Expansion Outlay & Core Visions

Why in the News?

Recently, the Government approved the expansion of the Digital India programme with a total outlay of ₹14,903 crores for a five-year period between 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Quick Facts         

Purpose: To transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy

Nature: Umbrella programme that clubs together various e-governance initiatives across Ministries and Departments

Leveraging private sector: Public Private Partnerships (PPP) are preferred wherever feasible to implement e-Governance projects.

Implementation: By the entire Government with overall coordination by the MeiTY

Objective

transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

ensure digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and bridge the digital divide.

To ensure that Government services are available to citizens electronically.

Salient Features :

Background:

launched in 2015 to enable digital delivery of services to citizens.

Umbrella programme:

Covers multiple projects of various Central Ministries/ Departments and States and Union Territories (UTs).

The central ministries/departments and state governments concerned would have the overall responsibility for the implementation of various projects under the Digital India Programme.

Digital India Programme Details Vision is centred on three key areas:

Digital 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 to improve 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 are to be available on the cloud

Availability of digital resources/services in Indian languages

Collaborative digital platforms for participative governance

Portability of all entitlements through the cloud

Digital India Programme Details Key agencies enabling DI initiatives:

Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)

Common Services Center (CSC)

Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC)

Digital India Programme Details Some of the Key initiatives:

Aadhar, Common Service Centres (CSCs), Digi Locker, Digi Sevak, Bharat Broadband Network Limited, CERT-In, Centre of Excellence for IoT, Cyber Swachhta Kendra etc.

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