India Perspective - ICT

November, 2008

India

1.1 billion people 600,000 Villages 70% population rural Diversity language, culture, religion

Multi-party, Multi-tiered democracy

Federal Structure of Government

Centre 29 States & 6 UTs 240,000 Local Government Institutions

India on the move

One of the fastest growing nations
GDP growth
2005-06 - 8.4% 2006-07 - 9.4% 2007-08 - 8.7% 2008-09 - 7.5% (Expected)

Potential for sustained double-digit growth

Contd..

India on the move

Strong investment momentum
Market capitalization up from USD 140 Billion in FY 2001 to > USD 1 Trillion recently (during 2007-08) FDI on the rise - USD 7.6 Billion (06) and USD 19.4 Billion (2007-08)

140 + public traded companies with market cap > USD

1 Billion
By 2050, Indias projected GDP is US$ 70 Trillion

India on the move

Demand
5th largest consumer market in the world by 2025.

300 Million growing middle class

Rising incomes to lift 291 Million out of poverty to make 583 Million middle class by 2025

Talent
Indias educational infrastructure a critical enabling factor 220 universities 10,000 colleges, 0.33 million teachers

3 million Graduates, 0.6 million engineers, 1600 PhDs annually

Increasing focus on talent development / improving employability Sector focused initiatives, Private participation in training /ITIs

Domestic Market For Major Hardware products

For 2007-08
7.25 million PCs sold; Installed base: 31 million
13 million TVs consumed; Installed base 170 million Over 5 million DVDs sold: growing at 40% annually

Internet users: over 60 million;

Broadband connections: 5 million Mobile Installed base: 305 million Current mobile sales: over 9 million per month

India

Rapid growth in IT/Services Sector Explosive growth in telecom 8-9 million mobile subscribers added per month 60 million internet users, and growing
.But

Sharp economic and social divide Poor penetration of computers and low levels of e-literacy Different levels of adoption of technology

Millions wait to access information and services from authorities

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National e-Governance Plan

An Overview

Use of ICT to bring about transformation in Public Service Delivery

Creation of digital service delivery platform spanning the entire country Citizens empowered with RTI Act

Ambitious National e-Governance Plan driven by vision of improved Public Service Delivery

Vision of NeGP Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realise the basic needs of the common man

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NeGP Strategy

Focus on Public Service Delivery & Outcomes

Process Re-engineering & transformation
Radical changes in government service delivery Change Management

Centralized Initiative

Decentralized implementation

Effective Public Private Partnership Standardization of core policies & practices to ensure integration of services and interaction between applications

NeGP MMPs
MMPs identified on high citizen / business interface Cover range of key services offered by Departments
Central (9 )
Income Tax Central Excise Passports/Visa Immigration MCA 21 UID Pensions E-Office

State (11) For 35 States

Agriculture Land Records - I & II Registration (NLRMP) Transport Treasuries Commercial Taxes Gram Panchayat Municipalities Police Employment Ex. E-District

Integrated (7)
e-BIZ

EDI
India Portal Common Service Centers NSDG E Courts E Procurement

Industry Initiative Banking Insurance

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States can add up to 5 state specific Projects

NeGP : The Dimensions

SWANs : 2 Mbps connectivity up to Block

20 GOI Deptts, 35 States / UTs 360 Deptts @ States Major capacity building program in pipeline
100,000 Common Services Centres as front ends State Data Centres

US$ 4800 mn

Health

Education
Agriculture

Digital Signature Online Returns Standards

Land Records Registration Drivers License, Panchayats, Municipalities, Income Tax, Passport/Visa

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NeGP Components
NeGP CORE COMPONENTS

Core Core

Policies Infrastructure

HRD & Training Awareness & Assessment Organization Structures Formation of SeMTs & PeMTs

(SWAN, CSCs , SDC )

Support

Infrastructure Assistance

Technical R&D

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Core & Support Infrastructure

All services supported by 3 infrastructure pillars to facilitate web-enabled Anytime, Anywhere access

Common Service Centers (CSCs) 100,000 CSCs covering 600,000 villages)

Broad Band internet enabled kiosks for delivery of government and private services to citizens.

State Wide Area Networks (SWANs) A 2 Mbps intranet extending up to the Block level

State Data Centers ( SDCs)

Shared resource for secure hosting of Data, Services &

Applications

e-Governance Service Delivery Strategy

Role Of DIT

Serve as a secretariat to the Apex Committee and assist it in managing the programme. Assist National Advisory Group and Body under Chairmanship of the Prime Minister.

Carry out technical appraisal of all NeGP projects, prior to their

being placed before the EFC/ CNE.

Provide technical assistance to various Ministries/ States Implement pilot/ infrastructure/ technical/ special projects

Support components including Capacity Building

Standards

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Initiatives in ICT

VISION
1. Use IT as an enabling tool to bring equitable prosperity 2. Employment generation

3. IT led economic growth

4. Creation of wealth through IT

5. Make India a leading global IT player

* * We are lucky to be in the 21st Century

Capacity Building and ICT Infrastructure

Formal Education
To integrate intranet and internet into the learning environment at educational institutes.

Vidhya Vahini - 147 Senior Secondary schools completed

with broadband VSAT connectivity at 128Kbps including server, desktops and printer in LAN environment. Navodaya Vidyalayas(JNV) - To interconnect connect 300 JNV with multimedia capabilities for video conferencing and distance learning.

Jawahar

UGC-Infonet - To interlink 220 Universities in the country

153 Universities connected with 256 Kbps broadband link.

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Capacity Building and ICT Infrastructure

Computer Education in Non Formal Sector
DOEACC provides computer education in non-formal sector to feed quality manpower to Information, Electronics and Communication Technology industry Certificate Course on Computer Concepts (CCC), Foundation (O) level,

Advanced Diploma (A) level,

MCA Degree equivalent (B) level and, M.Tech Degree (C) level. These courses are upgraded on a continual basis to suit changing industry needs and in line with technology trends, complying with the requirements of ISO 9001-2000.

Capacity Building and ICT Infrastructure

ICT Vocational Training Centers for the Disabled To promote the computer literacy among disabled children for enhancing their skills and employability
Phase-I (200508) Focus on a) Visually challenged b) Hearing/speech impaired 21 IT enabled centers set up. Phase-II (2008-09) 100 schools Other disabilities are also covered.
Blind Children at ERNETs 22 ICT Center, Tamil Nadu

Capacity Building and ICT Infrastructure

ICT in Agriculture Sector
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to setup Satellite Hub and IT infrastructure at 200 of its Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Agri Science Centre) (KVK) VKs located in the rural and remote areas of the country. Each KVK to have an Information Hub with desktop computers, server, printers and scanner hosted in a LAN environment. A dedicated Satellite Hub at ICAR, New Delhi to be connected to KVKs through VSATs

The facility for accessing and disseminating information on agriculture and weather for the farmers.
Training on networking and web technologies for officials of the KVKs. 23

Critical Infrastructure in difficult areas

Community Information Centres
1000 CICs have been set up at difficult and remote hilly locations including North Eastern part of the country with necessary hardware using VSATs. CICs imparting ICT based education and training and providing citizen centric services. CICs facilitate services like e-mail, access to various socio-economic databases, e-newspapers, eprocurement, grievance redressal, weather information, etc.
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Technology Development in Local languages

Providing content in local language is a major task towards bridging digital divide, especially in a country like India, which has eighteen languages and several local dialects. The Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) program developing Information Processing Tools and Techniques to facilitate human-machine interaction without language barrier; creating and accessing multilingual knowledge resources; and integrating them to develop innovative user products and services. TDIL program has developed developed technologies for providing content and applications including browsers almost in eighteen recognized languages of India.

Conclusion

We have made significant progress in ICT sector We are willing to collaborate and cooperate in sharing our expertise and learning from others experiences To make the world more prosperous and peaceful by having inclusive growth.

Thank you