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Digital India: Power to Empower

D igital India is an umbrella programme to prepare • Easy access to a Common Services Centres

India for a knowledge based transformation. It
•
Shareable private space on a public cloud
weaves together a large number of ideas and
thoughts into a single comprehensive vision, so
that each of them is seen as part of a larger goal. The focus • Safe and secure cyber-space.
Vision Area 2: Governance & Services on Demand
of Digital India programme is on being transformative to
realise - IT (Indian Talent) + IT (Information Technology) = includes:
IT (India Tomorrow) and making technology central to • Seamlessly integrated services across departments or
enable change. This programme pulls together many jurisdictions
existing schemes. The Digital India programme is designed • Services availability in real time from online & mobile
to transform India into a knowledge-based economy and a platforms
digitally empowered society by ensuring digital services,
digital access, bridging the digital divide, digital inclusion • All citizen entitlements to be available on the cloud
and digital empowerment. Such an objective is sought to • Digitally transformed services for improving ease of
be achieved with the power of technology that is doing business
affordable, developmental and inclusive. • Making financial transactions electronic & cashless
Digital India architecture has transformed governance • Leveraging GIS for decision support systems &
processes for delivery of services. Digital India weaves development
together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single
comprehensive vision to ensure that benefits of Vision Area 3: Digital Empowerment of Citizens
development reach each and every citizen of the country includes:
in equal measure, along with the need for faster and timely • Universal digital literacy
service delivery. This vision is centred on three key areas,
• Accessible digital resources universally
namely Infrastructure as Utility to Every Citizen, Governance
& Services on Demand and Digital Empowerment of Citizens. • All document/certificates to be available on cloud
• Availability of digital resources/services in Indian
Vision of Digital India: The Digital India programme is
languages
centred on three key vision areas:
• Collaborative digital platforms for participative
Vision Area 1: Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to
governance
Every Citizen includes:
• Portability of all entitlements through cloud
• Availability of high speed internet as a core utility for
delivery of services to citizens
Pillars of Digital India
• Providing cradle to grave digital identity that is unique,
This transformational programme has been designed to
lifelong, online and authenticable to every citizen
build holistic capabilities across infrastructure,
• Mobile phone & bank account, enabling citizen manufacturing, processes, skill sets and delivery platforms
participation in digital & financial space which, in turn, will lead to the creation of a self-reliant

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