Contents

Sl.No Topic Pg.no

1 Introduction 5-6

2 Pillars of Digital India 6-12

3 Benefits of Digital India 12-13

4 Challenges faced 14

5 Case Study 15

6 Impact of Digital India 16-19

7 Graphical Representation 19-23

8 Highlights of Digital India 23-24

9 Application on Macro Economics 24

10 Scope of Digital India 24-25

11 Conclusion 25-26

12 Bibliography 27

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Introduction

Digital Technologies which include Cloud Computing and Mobile Applications have emerged
as catalysts for rapid economic growth and citizen empowerment across the globe. The
need for digital technologies are rapidly growing with passing time.

Digital India is a programme to prepare India for a knowledge future. It is focused on making
technology central to enabling change. It is a programme of the Indian Government with a
vision to transform the country into a digitally empowered society and a knowledge
economy. To make India more technologically advanced.

The focus of the Rs 1.13 lakh crore initiative is on using technology to create a participative,
transparent and responsive government.

The focus is to bring transformation.

IT + IT IT

(Indian Talent) + (Information Technology) = (India Tomorrow)

Given the target of transforming the country into a knowledge economy and information
society, the initiative needs some preparatory measures. Creation of sufficient physical
infrastructure, providing the vital governance services to the people on e-mode and
empowering people to handle digital technologies are the three key areas to prepare for the
knowledge economy under Digital India.

Over the past few decades, digital technology has proven to be a crucial factor affecting the
pace of the country’s economic, social and economic growth. Digital technology can help
India realise the ambition of creating a just and equitable society. It can help propel India to
the front rank of nations, particularly leveraging the energies of the country’s youth.

The umbrella programme aims on creating a more transparent, participative and

transformative government.

The “Digital India” programme was initiated by PM Narendra Modi on July 1 st 2015.

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The objectives of Digital India are as follows:

1. To empower the country’s population digitally and build a governance model based
on the electronic infrastructure.
2. To facilitate E-governance in the nation to advance the implementation of the
programs and policies effectively.
3. To bring citizens closer to government schemes through the use of electronic
medium and online mode.
4. To remove the hassles of off-line delivery of services.
5. To encourage digital literacy among the masses and build a new India on the pillars
of knowledge.
6. To promote the concept of collaborative and participative governance through the
continuous interaction of people and state.
7. To provide easy access to the services of the Common Service Centre.
8. To leverage the technology of GIS for decision support systems and development.
9. To make all digital resources universally accessible to everyone in the nation.

Pillars of Digital India

Digital India aims to provide thrust to the nine pillars of growth areas, namely Broadband
Highways, Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity, Public Internet Access Programme, e-
Governance: Reforming Government through Technology, e-Kranti - Electronic Delivery of
Services, Information for All, Electronics Manufacturing, IT for Jobs and Early Harvest
Programmes. Each of these areas is a complex programme in itself and cuts across multiple
Ministries and Departments.

I. Broadband Highways

This covers three sub components, namely Broadband for All - Rural, Broadband for All -
Urban and National Information Infrastructure (NII).

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Broadband for All – Rural

2,50,000 village Panchayats would be covered under the National Optical Fibre Network
(NOFN) by December 2016. Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is the nodal
Department for this project.

Broadband for All - Urban

Virtual Network Operators would be leveraged for service delivery and communication
infrastructure in new urban developments and buildings would be mandated.

National Information Infrastructure (NII)

NII would integrate the network and cloud infrastructure in the country to provide high
speed connectivity and cloud platform to various government departments up to the
panchayat level.

II. Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity

This focuses on to give mobile coverage and internet connectivity to all areas of the
country where it is not available. This includes about 55,619 villages that do not have
any mobile coverage. Providing mobile coverage is the main aim as part of this phase of
the plan.

III. Public Internet Access Programme

The two sub components of Public Internet Access Programme are Common Services
Centres (CSCs) and Post Offices as multi-service centres. CSCs would be strengthened
and its number would be increased to 250,000 i.e. one CSC in each Gram Panchayat.
CSCs would be made viable and multi-functional end-points for delivery of government
and business services. DeitY would be the nodal department to implement the scheme.

IV. e-Governance – Reforming Government through Technology

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 Government process re-engineering using technology to simplify government
procedures is highly essential to make the services offered more efficient across various
domains and hence needs to be implemented by all ministries/departments.

V. eKranti – Electronic delivery of services

There are 31 Mission Mode Projects under different stages of e-governance project
lifecycle. Further, 10 new MMPs have been added to e-Kranti by the Apex Committee on
National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) headed by the Cabinet Secretary in its meeting held
on 18th March 2014.

Technology for Education – e-Education

All Schools will be connected with broadband. Free wifi will be provided in all secondary
and higher secondary schools (coverage would be around 250,000 schools). A
programme on digital literacy would be taken up at the national level. MOOCs –Massive
Online Open Courses shall be developed and leveraged for e-Education.

Technology for Health – e-Healthcare

E-Healthcare would cover online medical consultation, online medical records, online
medicine supply, pan-India exchange for patient information. Pilots shall be undertaken
in 2015 and full coverage would be provided in 3 years.

Technology for Farmers

This would facilitate farmers to get real time price information, online ordering of inputs
and online cash, loan and relief payment with mobile banking.

Technology for Security

Mobile based emergency services and disaster related services would be provided to
citizens on real time basis so as to take precautionary measures well in time and
minimize loss of lives and properties.

Technology for Financial Inclusion

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 Financial Inclusion shall be strengthened using Mobile Banking, Micro-ATM program and
CSCs/ Post Offices.

Technology for Justice

Interoperable Criminal Justice System shall be strengthened by leveraging e-Courts, e-

Police, e-Jails and e-Prosecution.

Technology for Planning

National GIS Mission Mode Project would be implemented to facilitate GIS based
decision making for project planning, conceptualization, design and development.

Technology for Cyber Security

National Cyber Security Co-ordination Centre would be set up to ensure safe and secure
cyber-space within the country.

VI. Information for all

Open Data platform and online hosting of information & documents would facilitate
open and easy access to information for citizens. Government shall pro-actively engage
through social media and web based platforms to inform citizens. MyGov.in has already
been launched as a medium to exchange ideas/ suggestions with Government. It will
facilitate 2-way communication between citizens and government. Online messaging to
citizens on special occasions/programs would be facilitated through emails and SMSes.
The above would largely utilise existing infrastructure and would need limited additional
resources.

VII. Electronics Manufacturing

Target NET ZERO Imports is a striking demonstration of intent. This ambitious goal
requires coordinated action on many fronts.

• Taxation, incentives
• Economies of scale, eliminate cost disadvantages

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 • Focus areas – Big Ticket Items FABS, Fab-less design, Set
top boxes, VSATs, Mobiles, Consumer & Medical
Electronics, Smart Energy meters, Smart cards, micro-
ATMs
• Incubators, clusters
• Skill development
• Government procurement

There are many ongoing programs which will be fine-tuned.

VIII. IT for Jobs

1 Cr students from smaller towns & villages will be trained for IT sector jobs over 5
years. DeitY would be the nodal department for this scheme. BPOs would be set up in
every north-eastern state to facilitate ICT enabled growth in these states. DeitY would
be the nodal department for this scheme. 3 lakh service delivery agents would be
trained as part of skill development to run viable businesses delivering IT services. DeitY
would be the nodal department for this scheme. 5 lakh rural workforce would be trained
by the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to cater to their own needs. Department of
Telecom (DoT) would be the nodal department for this scheme.

IX. Early Harvest Programmes

IT Platform for Messages

A Mass Messaging Application has been developed by DeitY that will cover elected
representatives and all Government employees. 1.36 Cr mobiles and 22 Lakh emails are
part of the database.

Government Greetings to be e-Greetings

Basket of e-Greetings templates have been made available. Crowd sourcing of

eGreetings through MyGov platform has been ensured. E-Greetings portal has been
made live on 14th August 2014.

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Biometric attendance

It will cover all Central Govt. Offices in Delhi and is already operational in DeitY and has
been initiated in the Department of Urban Development. On-boarding has also started
in other departments.

Wi-Fi in All Universities

All universities on the National Knowledge Network (NKN) shall be covered under this
scheme. Ministry of HRD is the nodal ministry for implementing this scheme.

Secure Email within Government

Email would be the primary mode of communication. Phase-I upgradation for 10 lakh
employees has been completed. In Phase II, infrastructure would be further upgraded to
cover 50 lakh employees by March 2015 at a cost of Rs 98 Cr. DeitY is the nodal
department for this scheme.

Standardize Government Email Design

Standardised templates for Government email are under preparation and would be
ready by October 2014. This would be implemented by DeitY.

Public Wi-fi hotspots

Cities with population of over 1 million and tourist centres would be provided with
public wi-fi hotspots to promote digital cities. The scheme would be implemented by
DoT and MoUD.

School Books to be eBooks

All books shall be converted into eBooks. Min. of HRD/ DeitY would be the nodal
agencies for this scheme.

SMS based weather information, disaster alerts

SMS based weather information and disaster alerts would be provided. DeitY’s Mobile
Seva Platform is already ready and available for this purpose. MoES (IMD) / MHA
(NDMA) would be the nodal organizations for implementing this scheme.

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 National Portal for Lost & Found children

This would facilitate real time information gathering and sharing on the lost and found
children and would go a long way to check crime and improve timely response.

DeitY/ DoWCD would be the nodal departments for this project.

Benefits of Digital India

I. Removal of Black Economy

All the online transaction can be monitored easily and every payment made by any
customer to any merchant will be recorded, this way there won’t be any illegal transactions
and it’ll be impossible for people to hide their money. By restricting the cash-based
transactions and using only digital payments, the government can efficiently expel the black
economy.

II. Increase in Revenues

Another big advantage of digital India is that as the transactions get digitized, monitoring the
sales and taxes becomes much more convenient, as the transactions are recorded, customers
will now get a bill for every purchase that they make and merchants can now no longer escape
from paying tax to the government, this results in increases of revenue of the government –
thus resulting in growth of the overall financial status of the country.

III. Empowerment to the people

One of the biggest advantages of Digital India is that it gives an empowerment to the citizens.
When the payments move digital, each and every individual is bound to have a bank account,
a mobile phone, etc. This way, the government can easily transfer the subsidies directly to
Aadhaar-linked bank accounts of people. In short, people no longer have to wait to receive
the incentives and subsidies that they are bound to receive from the government. This feature

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is already in place in most cities. One example of this feature is LPG subsidy that government
gives to the common people. This subsidy payment is now done via bank transfers these days.

IV. Paves the way to e-governance

E-governance is a huge plus point for all the citizens, it is quicker, faster and safer when
compared to traditional governance, with the help of e-governance, you can now get anything
from birth certificate to death certificate immediately, this is convenient for people to access
the information they need on the go.

V. Creation of new jobs

With the initiative of Digital India, there have been numerous ways to enhance job
opportunities in new markets as well as increasing employment opportunities in existing
markets, new markets have started hiring people, thus increasing the employment rate.

VI. Some other benefits may include:

o Creation of Digital Infrastructure and Electronic Manufacturing in Native India.

o Digital Empowerment of Native Indian People.
o Delivery of all Government Services electronically (E-Governance).
o A Digital Identification which will verify the end user.
o A Mobile for worldwide access to all services.
o A Bank account for Immediate Benefit Transfers of subsidies and payments.
o The program also aims to eliminate all electronics imports from foreign countries by
2020 and make India electronics manufacturing super power.

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Challenges faced

Some of the challenges and drawbacks of Digital Mission are mentioned below:

I. The daily internet speed, as well as the Wi-Fi hotspots, are slow as compared to
other developed nations.
II. Most of the small and medium scale industry has to struggle a lot for adapting to the
new modern technology.
III. Limited capability of entry-level smartphones for smooth internet access.
IV. Lack of skilled manpower in the field of digital technology.
V. To look for about one million cybersecurity experts to check and monitor the
growing menace of digital crime.
VI. Lack of user education

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Case Study: Smart Cities Mission

The concept of a smart city emerged in Europe in the early 19th century. However, the
connotation of a smart city means something quite different in the Indian perspective. The
Ministry of Urban Development , Government of India, released guidelines to make our
cities city smarter a short while ago (MoUD, 2015). According to these guidelines, a smart
city ensures a better urban experience for its residents through integration of urban
planning systems, efficient service delivery, smart governance, energy management and
conservation of resources through information and communication technologies (ICTs), and
a digital information repository that enables attainment of various socio-economic and
development goals.

This involves the use of an efficient geographical information system (GIS) to map, model,
query, and analyse large volumes of data within a single database at a given location. While
helping to maintain accurate locational data of regulated facilities, an efficient GIS
encompasses a land information system, with smart buildings, smart water supplies, smart
energy grid and smart mobility, an environmental information system, resource information
system, network information system, picture processing information system, design
information system, spatial data processing system, spatial information system, multi-
purpose cadaster and AM/FM- automated mapping and facilities management. It also
ensures an intelligent computing infrastructure with cutting-edge cyber-physical systems
and innovation support.

According to data provided by ministry, most number of projects- about 28%- proposed by
the city pertain to cleanliness, followed by economy (24%), inclusion and environment 23%
each and about 2% under water. The 100 smart cities have already intiated the process of
implementing 100 impactful projects. The initial estimates of ministry reveal that the 100
projects would mean plantation of 1 lakh trees, 80 new smart classrooms, over 100 green
public spaces, 2 lakh trash bins, 1.25 lakh new LED street lights and over 100 new
community toilets.

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Impact of Digital India

India is one of the fastest digitising nations in the world; driven by an explosion in mobile
connectivity, the permeation of internet infrastructure nationwide under the iconic
BharatNet programme, the exponential growth of data consumption, and the emergence of
start-ups in the digital transformation space that are creating new livelihoods, services and
wealth for millions of Indians. Currently, 1230 million Indians possess digital identities in the
form of Aadhaar cards, while there are over 1210 million mobile phones and 560 million
internet connections.

One of the most successful outcomes of the ’Digital India’ initiative has been the runaway
success of the Jandhan-Aadhaar- Mobile[ JAM] initiative, which has provided a digital
identity to more than a billion Indian citizens as well as access to the banking system to
millions of Indians who were earlier excluded from the formal economy.

The government’s Direct Benefit Transfer [DBT] scheme now caters to around 350 million
Indians, liberating them from bureaucratic impediments, while ensuring that process
leakages are a thing of the past. Instantaneous and safe financial transactions are now
within reach of all, with the Unified Payments Interface having grown in three years from a
mere 100,000 to 800 million transactions in March 2019. Following the success of the DBT
initiative, efforts are underway to provide more public services online, in an ‘anytime,
anywhere’ mode, thus converting the ubiquitous mobile phone into an instrument of
economic and social empowerment as well as access to livelihoods and information. There is
little doubt that this new wave of governance reform is likely to promote economic
empowerment, as well as radically enhance ‘ease of living’, particularly for those sections of
the population whose aspirations are currently impeded by social barriers and geographic
constraints. One of the major accomplishments of the ‘Digital India’ initiative is the fact that
nearly 119,000 gram panchayats in far-flung locales are connected by digital optical fibre.

One of the most promising outcomes of India’s digital transformation experiment is its role
in catalysing the energies and in meeting the blossoming aspirations of India’s youth, who

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have a natural flair for technology. Apart from the iconic start-ups that have
metamorphosed into unicorns, thousands of technology enterprises and BPOs are sprouting
across small-town and rural India, with the government’s 365,000 Citizen’s Service Centres
[CSCs] providing employment to a million small entrepreneurs, as well as access to
information and services to millions.

In the realm of digital literacy, the government’s Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta
Abhiyan [PMGDISHA] has ambitions of making 60 million Indians digitally literate, and it is
anticipated that this programme will attain greater traction in the days ahead.

I. Economic impact:

According to analysts, the Digital India plan could boost GDP up to $1 trillion by 2025. It can
play a key role in macro-economic factors such as GDP growth, employment generation,
labor productivity, growth in number of businesses and revenue leakages for the
Government. As per the World Bank report, a 10% increase in mobile and broadband
penetration increases the per capita GDP by 0.81% and 1.38% respectively in the developing
countries. India is the 2nd largest telecom market in the world with 915 million wireless
subscribers and world’s 3rd largest Internet market with almost 259 million broadband
users. There is still a huge economic opportunity in India as the tele-density in rural India is
only 45% where more than 65% of the population lives. Future growth of
telecommunication industry in terms of number of subscribers is expected to come from
rural areas as urban areas are saturated with a tele-density of more than 160%.

II. Social impact:

Social sectors such as education, healthcare, and banking are unable to reach out to the
citizens due to obstructions and limitations such as middleman, illiteracy, ignorance,
poverty, lack of funds, information and investments. These challenges have led to an
imbalanced growth in the rural and urban areas with marked differences in the economic

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and social status of the people in these areas. Modern ICT makes it easier for people to
obtain access to services and resources. The penetration of mobile devices may be highly
useful as a complementary channel to public service delivery apart from creation of entirely
new services which may have an enormous impact on the quality of life of the users and
lead to social modernization. The poor literacy rate in India is due to unavailability of
physical infrastructure in rural and remote areas. This is where m-Education services can
play an important role by reaching remote masses. According to estimates, the digital
literacy in India is just 6.5% and the internet penetration is 20.83 out of 100 population. The
digital India project will be helpful in providing real-time education and partly address the
challenge of lack of teachers in education system through smart and virtual classrooms.
Education to farmers, fisher men can be provided through mobile devices. The high speed
network can provide the adequate infrastructure for online education platforms like
massive open online courses (MOOCs). Mobile and internet banking can improve the
financial inclusion in the country and can create win-win situation for all parties in the value-
chain by creating an interoperable ecosystem and revenue sharing business models.
Telecom operators get additional revenue streams while the banks can reach new customer
groups incurring lowest possible costs. Factors such as a burgeoning population, poor doctor
patient ratio (1:870), high infant mortality rate, increasing life expectancy, fewer quality
physicians and a majority of the population living in remote villages, support and justify the
need for tele medicine in the country. M-health can promote innovation and enhance the
reach of healthcare services. Digital platforms can help farmers in know-how (crop choice,
seed variety), context (weather, plant protection, cultivation best practices) and market
information (market prices, market demand, logistics).

III. Environmental impact:

The major changes in the technology space will not only brought changes to the economic
system but will also contribute to the environmental changes. The next generation
technologies will help in lowering the carbon footprint by reducing fuel consumption, waste
management, greener workplaces and thus leading to a greener ecosystem. The ICT sector

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helps in efficient management and usage of scarce and non-renewable resources. Cloud
computing technology minimizes carbon emissions by improving mobility and flexibility. The
energy consumption can be decreased from 201.8 terawatt hour (TWh) in 2010 to 139.8
TWh in 2020 by higher adoption of cloud data centers causing a 28% reduction in carbon
footprint from 2010 levels.

Graphical Representation of the Impact/Outcome of Digital India

I. Boosting Connectivity

One of Modi's signature programs is the Smart Cities Mission, which aims to convert 100
cities by 2020 to 'smart cities' to boost the quality of life through urbanization.
According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's annual report, the number of
phones per 100 people in India has increased from 75.23 in 2014 to 79.38 in 2015, the
latest available data. Modi has been keen on his 'Digital India' initiative, which aims to
achieve goals such as providing high-speed Internet in rural villages and oering
government services online. Overall wireless subscribers, which includes cell phone
services and the like, grew from 904.51 million people in 2014, to 969.9 in 2015. In the
rural part of the country, growth was significantly stronger with the number of wireless
subscribers jumping from 371.78 million in 2014 to 414.8 million in 2015, according to
the Telecom Regulatory Authority. That growth is expected to accelerate this year with
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., the wireless telecom service of Reliance Industries Ltd.,
launching free service from Sept. 5 to Dec. 31. The company aims to add 100 million
subscribers by the end of 2016.

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II. E-Governance Transactions

According to report by United Nations (2016), India was ranked position 107 on
e-Government Development Index. This goes tremendous improvement since it

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 was ranked 118 in 2014. This has been attributed by creation of online portals
where government publics and communicates vital information with citizens. For
instance, individual identification cards and voter’s card are stored online thus
enabling easy retrieval in case of any urgent need. Furthermore, the government
has developed portals where they publicize current achievement and completed
projects for citizens to evaluate. Through e-governance, India has improved its
economy since citizens are able to evaluate and track progress of achievement
thus closing loopholes for corruption in long run.

III. Role of digitisation in the banking sector

With digital transactions, one needs to have a proper bank account and essential
documents. Banks are the part and parcel of our day-to-day life. Banking includes
ATM transactions, online payments, and transfers. Because of Digitalisation of their
processes, banks have saved costs by improving their processes. Customers have
been able to avail benefits such as ATMs, cashless transactions using Credit Card,
Debit Cards, etc. For example, earlier it was impossible for anyone to get an
unsecured business loan because of the high risk involved and documentation
required to provide the same. Fast forward today, Government is pushing schemes
like Mudra under which Startups can get startup business loan without collateral. It

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is only because of Digitalisation that banks have been able to give benefits of
schemes like this to startups in India. This has given a boost to initiatives like startup
India, Mudra, etc. Today, banks are going out of the way to adopt the latest
technologies to enhance customer experience. Another marvellous example of
digitalisation is mobile banking where banking can be done on mobile phones. The
feature allows you to literally use your bank account from your mobile phone.
Digitalisation in Banks has not only reduced human errors and saved time but has led
to cashless transactions which have reduced the circulation of fake currency in the
market. Thereby, leading to a positive impact on our economy. 2016 is the year
which will be always linked to demonetisation for the withdrawal high amount
denomination Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 of India’s currency in circulation on November 8.
After Demonetisation was announced, cashless payments in October 2016 increased
22%, when compared to October 2015, indicating that Indians have been
progressively more accepting of different digital payments modes since 2015.

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 Source: Monthly Bulletins for 2016, Reserve Bank of India.

Highlights of the progress in Digital India

• More than 12,000 rural post office branches have been linked digitally and soon payment
banking would also become a reality for them.

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• The government also plans to make ‘digital village’ across the country, by linking all
schemes with technology. The ‘digital village’ would be powered by LED lighting, solar
energy, skill development centres and e-services like e-education and e-health.

• Electronic transactions related to e-governance projects in the country have almost

doubled in 2015, owing to the Digital India Programme. According to government website
electronic transaction aggregation and analysis layer (eTaal), 3.53 billion transactions took
place in 2014, which almost doubled in 2015 to 6.95 billion.

• The progressive policies and aggressive focus on ‘Make in India’ have played a significant
role in the resurgence of the electronics manufacturing sector.

Application on Macroeconomics

Digitalisation may be viewed as a technology/supply shock which affects the main economic
aggregates, notably via competition, productivity and employment effects, as well as
through its interaction with institutions and governance. Digital technologies are also
changing the ways in which firms do business and interact with their customers and
suppliers. Understanding digital transformation and the channels through which it
influences the economy is therefore increasingly relevant for the conduct of monetary
policy. Digital India plays a key role in affecting factors such as GDP growth, employment
opportunities, increase in revenue of the government.

Scope of Digital India

Digital education is gaining a lot of popularity with the increasing demand of education and
wide spread use of net. With the evolution of technologies like the data centers, cloud and

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virtualizations, there is a large potential of technology to be integrated with education
system. It is like a win-win situation for all. They are cost effective and easily accessible.
Students see this as a flexible option for them as they can learn as per their schedules and
teachers also can better use of technology for preparing their lessons and handing over to
students.

Especially due to the unprecedented times we are in now, technology and access to the
internet has become one of the most crucial services required by people of all categories.
Schools and Institutions conduct classes online, people have started working from home and
online. The access to internet has become one of the necessities of life. Digital India has
more potential to succeed now more than ever. If implemented well and planned properly,
it could be successful in fulfilling its objectives and in providing wireless technology to the
deprived population.

Conclusion

Digital India has paved the way for immense development in all 3 sectors of the economy,
welfare of the people and had increased the momentum of modernisation in India. But,
there are still a lot of challenges faced by the government and obstacles to overcome. The
country is in need of digitalisation now, more than ever before due to the COVID 19
Pandemic. The government has to find a way to integrate all the left out population and
provide the internet access to them as wireless technology has now become an
indispensable part of our lives. It is playing a crucial role now in education. And due to a lot
of factors there are still a majority of the population who don’t have access to the online
world.

The abrogation of Article 370 heavily affected as J&K was put under lockdown after
imposing Article 144 and had absolutely no connection to the outside world as the wireless
services and telecom services were completely taken away. Therefore, the government had
disenfranchised the population of Jammu and Kashmir. Although, this faced heavy backlash
from the people of India, the state still went 5 months under the biggest digital lockdown,

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India had seen, hence depriving people of their rights and freedom. This was therefore
hypocritical of the Digital India programme and hence hindering its growth.

Ultimately, even though there have been a lot of challenges and obstacles, Digital India is
still a very crucial and necessary initiative taken by the government of India. It addresses all
the areas of improvement needed to develop and has fulfilled quiet a few aims too. Even
though there are certain setbacks, it is a highly vital project and its implantation will help
integrate the country and its people and carry out a successful digitalisation of India, helping
the modernisation of India.

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