Six Years of Digital India Programme

Six Years of Digital India Programme

Part of: GS Prelims and GS -II – Policies and interventions

In news

• Recently, the Indian Prime Minister of India addressed a virtual event to mark the completion of six years of Digital India programme.

About Digital India Programme

• It was launched in 2015. 
• The programme has been enabled for several important Government schemes, such as BharatNet, Make in India, Startup India, industrial corridors, etc.
• Vision Areas:
  • Digital infrastructure as Utility to Every Citizen.
  • Governance and services on demand.
  • Digital empowerment of citizens.
• Objectives:
  • To prepare India for a knowledge future.
  • To realize IT (Indian Talent) + IT (Information Technology) = IT (India Tomorrow).
  • Making technology central to enabling change.

Significant Achievements

• The introduction of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) 
• Introduction of the e-KYC, DigiLocker and eSign were introduced to help businesses 
• Introduction of JAM Trinity – Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile to weed out leakages in the system
• India’s rise in UN eGovernance Index
• SWAYAM free online courses

Challenges faced:

• Regulatory roadblock due to taxation and other regulatory guidelines
• Digital divide due to lack of internet connectivity
• Lack of coordination among various departments

Pic courtesy: Digital India