When it launched?
Launched on 1st July 2015 by Honorable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi.
What are the Pillars of Digital India?
There are 9 Pillars of Digital India
1) Broadband Highways
2) Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity
3) Public Internet Access Programme
4) e-Governance – Reforming Government through Technology
5) eKranti – Electronic delivery of services
6) Information for All
7) Electronics Manufacturing
8) IT for Jobs
9) Early Harvest Programmes
What are services offered by Digital India?
1) DigiLocker: This help citizen to store their documents digitally like PAN Card, Voter ID, Mark sheets etc.
2) Attendance.gov.in: To keep record of attendances of Govt. Employees on a real-time basis.
3) MyGov.in: This platform to share ideas, inputs on policy matters of governance. [Discuss, Do and Deploy]
4) SBM Mobile app : Swachh Bharat Mission, achieving this goal.
5) eSign framework : Citizens can digitally sign a document using Aadhar Card authentication.
6) Online Registration System: This platform help the citizen to take doctor’s appointment online, payment fees, diagnosis report, availability of blood etc.
7) National Scholarships Portal: This platform is for students who wish to apply scholarship for their education. This is completely an end-to-end process.
Who are the Partnerships?
1) Digital India Week: Top CEO from India and abroad committed to invest whopping nearly 5 lakh crore.
2) Silicon Valley: Almost all Tech giants from Silicon Valley have committed to invest in Digital India Project.
Companies who committed to invest in Digital India from silicon valley are.
- Qualcomm
- Microsoft
- Oracle etc.
