Digital India

(The following speech is perfect for 1.5 min. to 2.00 min)

Note- The following is a speech for ASL on Digital India as well as it can also be written as an
essay on Digital India-
Digital India is an ambitious campaign to ensure that government services are available to all the
citizens electronically. It was launched by the Government of India on 1st of July, 2015 at the Indira
Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Delhi. With a vision to bringing digital revolution to mass people of India
from cities to villages improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity to
digitize India using every branch of technology.
Some of the facilities which have been provided through this program are Digital Locker, e-
education, e-health, e-sign, national scholarship portal, digital India app. Digital technology in India
has reduced paperwork, saved manpower and time as well as given a high boost to digital marketing
and created a lot of job opportunities. The importance of digital India is beyond explanation. This
project has taken speed by tying the knot between government and private sectors. The huge
number of villages interconnected with high-speed network has really undergone a huge change
from backward regions to complete digitally equipped areas. All the cities, towns and villages in India
are more tech savvy. This project has been planned to be completed by 2019 with the investment of
leading companies. IT will really change the complete face of India. Impacts of ‘Make in India’ &
‘Digital India’ in India will be felt in 2017-18:

Demonetisation

(The following speech is perfect for 1 min. to 1.5 min)

Demonetisation, as we all know was announced by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on
November 8th. It was a bold step which aims at eliminating black money, counterfeiting currency,
black enterprise, black marketing and terror financing. I agree that it has a bad effect currently but
with a great belief I can say that it is just for a short term. Long-term effects are really very good in
fact it showed its brighter side right from 8th of November. Although there was 7 per cent growth in
GDP of Indian Economy in 2016-17. Even the World Bank has said that it will lead to India’s
Economy and India will be the fastest growing economy in the world by passing China. The total
indirect tax rose to rupees 1.6 billion within 4 days after November 8th. Demonisation has led to a
drastic fall in black money, terrorism, human trafficking and other types of exploitation. Even the
RBI’s governor Urjit Patel and finance minister Arun Jaitley and many more are in the favour. People
who have or had money were trying to pay more and more advanced taxes. Also, the railway
minister noticed that the number of railway tickets were bought by people of 1st A and 2nd A class
seats for the same reason. Railways then announced that no person can buy tickets of more than
rupees 10000. From the above facts, we can also see that people were trying to give a boost to the
GDP by getting rid of their black money. In the end, I want today that Demonetisation has some
current and bad impacts but it will prove itself to be very beneficial in the upcoming years.