Digital India Need of the Hour

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What is Digital India ?

Digital India is an initiative of the Government of India to ensure that Government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity.

 The initiative includes plans to connect rural areas with high-speed internet networks.

Digital India

 Digital India has three core components. These include :

The creation of digital infrastructure Delivering services digitally Digital literacy

Core components of Digital India

Digital india was established on 1september 2015.

Key people who are involved in this are Narender Modi and Ravishankar Prasad.

The concept of digital India started in July.

Establishment of digital India

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1) Digital Locker System aims to minimize the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents across agencies.

2) MyGov.in has been implemented as a platform for citizen engagement in governance, through a “Discuss”, “Do” and “Disseminate” approach. The mobile App for MyGov would bring these features to users on a mobile phone.

3) Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Mobile app would be used by people and Government organisations for achieving the goals of Swachh Bharat Mission

Projects and Policies

4) eSign framework would allow citizens to digitally sign a document online using Aadhaar authentication.

5) The Online Registration System (ORS) under the eHospital application has been introduced. This application provides important services such as online registration, payment of fees and appointment, online diagnostic reports, enquiring availability of blood online etc.

6) National Scholarships Portal is a one stop solution for end to end scholarship process right from submission of student application, verification, sanction and disbursal to end beneficiary for all the scholarships provided by the Government of India.

Digitize India Platform (DIP)Bharat Net

Wi-Fi hotspots

Why digital India has being established

To have wifi connections To connect with rural india,to improve rural

india. Proper education system Online government works Reduce corruption

Broadband in 2.5 lakh villages, universal phone connectivity.

 Wi-fi in 2.5 lakh schools, all universities; Public wi-fi hotspots for citizens,

 1.7 Cr trained for IT, Telecom and Electronics Jobs Job creation: Direct 1.7 Cr. and Indirect at least 8.5 Cr. e-Governance & eServices.

Project

Pillars of Digital India

Digital India Week Silicon Valley

Partnerships

Digital India Week(1 july-7july)

While addressing to youngsters Narender Modi said that we have a tag line of made in India then why can’t we have a tag line of Design In india.

 Top CEOs from India and abroad committed to invest Rs 4.5 lakh crore for initiative in digital india week.

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 The CEOs said the investments would be utilitized towards making smartphones and internet devices at an affordable price in India which would help generate jobs in India as well as reduce the cost of importing them from abroad.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said his company would invest Rs 2.5 lakh crore across different Digital India heads,

Tech Giants from Silicon Valley, San Jose, California expressed their support for Digital India during PM Narendra Modi's visit in September 2015.

. Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, changed his DP in support of Digital India and started a chain on Facebook and promised to work on WiFi Hotspots in rural India.

 Google committed to provide broadband connectivity on 500 railway stations in India.

Microsoft agreed to provide broadband connectivity to five lakh villages in India and make India its cloud hub through Indian data centres

Silicon Valley

 Qualcomm announced an investment of $150 million in Indian startups.[12] Oracle plans to invest in 20 states and will work on payments and Smart city initiatives.[13]

Do You Think Digital India Is needed

So here is a confliction because maximum population needs digital India as it is the need of people.They are addicted to internet.They cannot even think of their life without internet.

Negative Impact

Individual will completely depend on internet services.

Practical approach will be lost. Impact on health. Computers will become the mean of

exploring ideas. People will become self limited. Physical work will decrease as everything

would easily be available.

Negative impact of Digital India