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VOLUME: 10, Special Issue 02, (IC-IMAF-2023) Paper id-IJIERM-X-II, January 2023 INDIA’S DIGITAL INNOVATION
Sonika Mourya
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer, Shri Umiya Kanya Mahavidyalaya Rangwasa Rau Indore (M.P.)
Abstract - The world has become a global village every nation and its citizens want to be connected with others which is possible only after the technological revolution so the programs like Digital India Campaign have the potential to achieve this goal. Digital India Campaign is launched by the Government of India to revolutionize the country by empowering the internet and strengthening its technology. This program has been developed by launching various schemes like Digital locker, National Scholarship Portal, e- Health, e–Education, e-Sign, etc. Digital India aims to transform the country into a digitally–enabled society. It is started to develop effective coordination between the Government of India and its people by developing different projects under the campaign.
Hence, an attempt has been made in this paper to understand Digital India – as a campaign where technologies and connectivity will come together to make an impact on all aspects of governance and improve the quality of life of citizens.
Keywords: Digital India, Information technology, Innovation system.
1 INTRODUCTION
The Digital India scheme is a campaign launched to bring a revolutionary change in India, Digital India was launched by Prime minister Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015 to transform India into a complete digital country. The purpose of India is to provide technology and facilities to all areas and people of India through digital means. The Digital India program aims to connect all the villages. A campaign to connect the village to the internet has been started. Digitalization is very much needed in India for growth and future development more than in its neighboring countries. Indian people are also being promoted towards digital transactions, through the Digital India campaign, every department has to connect that record and the Indian public as a link, this is the link that will increase the speed of the electronic data system in the country. Through the Digital India campaign, all the youth of the country and all the Indian people will be greatly helped. The digital payment system has the following phases[6], 1. Registration 2. Invoicing 3. Payment selection 4. Payment confirmation. This payment system generally includes 3 electronic payment instruments namely, cash, cheque, and card. Post-demonetization is affecting the e-commerce sector in that Cash on Delivery is gradually getting stopped and other modes of payment are replaced like Card on Delivery, Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card, etc.
2 DIGITAL INDIA
The program contains tasks that target to make sure that govt. services are available to people digitally and people get the advantage of the newest information and connections to technological innovation technology will help the villages to grow and prosper.[5] Digital libraries, online magazines, and e-books can be made available for free which will further help in knowledge sharing.
2.1 Objectives of Digital India
1. Digital Infrastructure[2] provide high-speed internet facility for mobile phone, bank account, and common service center.
2. Governance and services on demand[2] should be available for online and mobile platforms.
3. All the citizens, mainly the rural citizens will have to be made aware of digital literacy so that they can use all the programs of the government.
2.2 Digital India: Key Initiatives And Progress[4]
Aadhaar Provide every Indian resident with a unique identity or Aadhaar DigiLocker Exchange and Verify essential documents or certificates.
BharatNet Connect all villages in the country and provide 100 MBPS internet
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Digitization
of Post Office Convert Post Office into multiservice centers.
Smart Cities Convert all Indian cities into smart cities with various technologies.
e – Health Provide timely and effective healthcare service 3 RESEARCH METHODS
The information was collected from secondary sources like research papers, newspapers, reports, journals, etc.
The Government of India introduced 9 pillars of digital India under the campaign[1].
These 9 pillars are nine areas that the government has planned to develop through the initiatives.
Fig. 1 Nine pillars of Digital India[1]
1) Broadband Highways:[3]
Under Digital India, there is a plan to connect about 2.5 lakh panchayats with this. A plan was made in 2016-2017 to spread the optical fiber network across the country with an estimated amount of twenty thousand crores.
2) Universal access to phones: [3]
Mobile phone users in India crossed 581 million users in 2014 and have grown steadily over the past decade. According to a survey by e-Marketer in 2015, India is estimated to have over 800 million mobile phone users in 2019.
3) Public Internet Access Program – National Rural Internet Mission[3]
Through this program, CSCs have been made universal through multi-dimensional end- points for service delivery through Gram-Panchayats. Along with this, post offices are also to be made multi-service centers.
4) E-Governance: Reforms through Technology[3]
Information technology will be used in all Ministries/Departments to improve transactions in government business processes. Under this, the promotion of online applications in all departments, recognition of online formats of school certificates and voter ID cards, Aadhaar, payment gateway mobile platforms, electronic data interchange, etc. to be made mandatory to facilitate in targeted and inter-operative service delivery to citizens and businesses. In addition, computerized methods will be used for the redress of public grievances of the people.
5) e-Kranti: Electronic Delivery of Services[3]
The focus will be on the dissemination of electronic means for services like education, health, agriculture, fundamental rights, and financial rights through e-Kranti. Focus on digital knowledge programs and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) in education. In healthcare, the government is planning to track medical records, drug supplies, and personal details across the country through the Internet. Also, drug owners will get facilities like instant price details, online cash loans, and mobile banking in the coming times.
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The pillar of 'information to all' will be aimed at providing information on services to all citizens through online internet websites and realistic information through social media and web-based systems such as MyGov.
7) Electronics manufacturing: Net zero import :[3]
In India, there is a need to strengthen the existing infrastructure to promote electronics manufacturing; A target of 'Net Zero Imports' has been set in this domain in the coming days. This will be an ambitious target, requiring coordinated action on multiple fronts such as taxation, incentives, economies of scale, and eliminating cost disadvantages.
8) IT Jobs:[3]
The objective of this pillar is to train people in small towns and villages for IT sector jobs.
9) Early Harvest Program :[3]
Under this, many schemes are being implemented in rural areas. There is a plan to provide basic facilities at the village level through the internet. In the early harvesting program, it has been made mandatory to send good wishes through the government platform, and to make biometric attendance mandatory for the employees of all central government offices.
4 CHALLENGES OF DIGITAL INDIA[7]
The government of India has taken a daunting initiative to launch and connect every rural area with high-speed internet. Apart from various initiatives taken up by the government, there are still some challenges as follows :
Lack of infrastructure: connecting every village with high-speed internet requires a vital amount of investment and infrastructure. The slow and delayed infrastructure in the country and the availability of low spectrum make it difficult.
Digital illiteracy: most of the citizen of India especially from rural areas still does not have enough knowledge about the internet and its uses. Full-fledged digitization is teamwork and requires administration changes and awareness campaigns backed by the government, especially in rural areas.
Cyber Crime: this is a major threat to the people of India since there are fewer or no internet privacy laws, and people usually get exposed to cyber crimes.
Net neutrality: making the internet accessible to every citizen of India, however, the issue is still on the table.
5 CONCLUSION
The government has started all the digital facilities and services for the people. Every youth in the country is taking advantage of the digital campaign in a big way and making digital payments in their daily life. The objective of Digital India is to make more and more services available online in India, which will give an edge to the economy and development of the country. According to the Digital India Campaign, high-speed internet facilities will be provided everywhere in India from a small villages to the city so people will be able to use all the facilities online while sitting at home and will make it a part of their life.
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