Digital India 

A programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

What is Digital India? 

• Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future. 
• The focus is on being transformative – to realize IT + IT = IT .
• The focus is on making technology central to enabling change. 

• It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments.
•  It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision so that each of them is seen as part of a larger goal.
• Each individual element stands on its own. But is also part of the larger picture.
• It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire government.
• The weaving together makes the Mission transformative in totality.

 The Programme: 

• Pulls together many existing schemes. 
• These schemes will be restructured and re-focused. 
• They will be implemented in a synchronized manner. 
• Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost. 

The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative impact.

 Vision of Digital India

Centered on 3 Key Areas 

• • Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen .
• • Governance & Services on Demand .
• • Digital Empowerment of Citizens.

Vision Area 1: 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..

Vision Area 2: 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.

Vision Area 3: 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.
  
  
  

Digital Technologies which include Cloud Computing and Mobile Applications have emerged as catalysts for rapid economic growth and citizen empowerment across the globe. Digital technologies are being increasingly used by us in everyday lives from retail stores to government offices. They help us to connect with each other and also to share information on issues and concerns faced by us. In some cases they also enable resolution of those issues in near real time.

The objective of the Digital India Group is to come out with innovative ideas and practical solutions to realise Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a digital India. Prime Minister Modi envisions transforming our nation and creating opportunities for all citizens by harnessing digital technologies. His vision is to empower every citizen with access to digital services, knowledge and information. This Group will come up with policies and best practices from around the world to make this vision of a digital India a reality.

And this initiative by the Indian Government will lead our heads high and that daye is not far away when each and every citizen of our country will be proud to be a part of DIGITAL INDIA!