Reasons why Digital India campaign is beneficial for India
Even before Narendra Modi took over as the 15th Prime Minister of India, he was known as a tech savvy person; who has always been popular in the social media. This has also been incorporated into his style of governance. The Digital India Campaign is his brainchild and he believes that this will pave the way for the India of the 21st century. Modi feels that it is high time that India embraces the digital medium in a lot of its day-to-day functions.
Prime Minster at the launch of the Digital India Week
Recently, the Digital India Week was launched with a lot of fanfare. The main aim of the Digital India Campaign is to create a digitally empowered society and a knowledge economy. The campaign consists of various initiatives that will help India to become a knowledge economy.
Here we will tell you a few facts about the Digital India Campaign
What is Digital India Campaign?
The Digital India Campaign is an initiative by the government of India to ensure that all the government work goes online. This will help the citizens to get their work done early and easily. Since it will be transparent, it will also help in eradicating corruption. It will also help reduce the paperwork.
What are the advantages of Digital India Campaign?
It was a huge step for India as the Digital India programme was launched. The campaign has the ability to transform the country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy. There are three things that will happen if it is implemented properly. Firstly it will help in reducing corruption. Secondly it will help in getting things done at a brisk pace at government offices, which otherwise take a lot of time to do. Most importantly, it will help in reducing paperwork. Some of the facilities which will be provided through the digital campaign will be a digital locker, e-education, e-health, e-sign and national scholarship portal.
The impact of the Digital India Campaign by 2019?
- Broadband in 2.5 lakh villages, universal phone connectivity
- Net Zero imports by 2020
- 400,000, Public Internet Access Points
- WiFi in 2.5 lakh schools, all universities; public WiFi hotspots
- e- Governance and e-Services across all government platforms
- India to be leader in IT use in services – health, education and banking
The Vision of Digital India?
- Digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen
- Governance and services on demand
- Digital empowerment of citizens
A number of industrialists too have taken a pledge to launch and support multiple projects.
Benefits of Digital Locker
The Digital Locker facility will enable the citizens to store their important documents such as PAN cards, passports, mark sheets and degree certificates. The main objective to introduce a digital locker is to eliminate the use of physical documents and enable sharing of verified electronic documents across all government agencies. The locker will also reduce the overhead of various government departments by erasing the total need of paperwork. It will also make things easier for residents to receive services, by saving time and effort, as the documents will be available anytime and can be shared electronically.
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