Digital India Programme

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.

Objectives

• To transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. 
• To 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. 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 Key agencies enabling DI initiatives: Some of them include: 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) 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.