Governance Now, India’s premier publication on public policy and governance is launching a special edition on Digital India. It will be a compendium of various transformative (Digital) changes the country is going through along with experts sharing their ideas, solutions to the challenges in the roads to digital transformation. It is a collection of efforts and initiatives on the best practice that will bring us closer to Digital India
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In the era of digital transformation, the use of IT has become inevitable for efficient service delivery. With the government laying emphasis on transforming the country into a digitally empowered society, there is a need to put more effort into fulfilling this dream. IT has enabled people to avail of all key services at the click of a mouse. This has largely become possible because of initiatives like Digital India which is poised to make India a digital knowledge economy. IT has also helped the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways increase the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in the country.
The Govt. of India have launched a wide ranging and supplementary programmes for transforming the lives of citizens including the Aadhaar, Digi Locker, Bharat Bill Payment System, mobile apps of various services, E-Sampark (Vernacular E-mail service), E-Commerce, E-Office system in the Govt. of India offices, to name a few. Direct Benefit Transfer scheme is one example as how digital transfer of subsidies has ensured that the benefits reach to the beneficiary without pilferage or siphoning off of funds by middlemen.
It will be a compendium of various transformative (Digital) changes that the country is going through along with experts sharing their ideas, solutions to the challenges in the roads to digital transformation. It is also a collection of efforts and initiatives on the best practices that will bring us closer to Digital India. The objective of the special edition is to strengthen relationship and facilitate cooperation among government organizations, industry, academia, think tanks and solution providers.
Digital India is the vision of our government to ensure that government services are made available to all the citizens of our country electronically. The ministries of Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences have exploited IT to great extent and would continue to do so. We are committed to contribute to the country’s progress through various key digital initiatives.
I extend my heartiest congratulation to “Governance Now” for coming up with a special issue on Digital India and also wish the organization’s all success in the future endeavors. I hope this edition will help to improve digital infrastructure in the country and provide the benefit of government services to citizens, business electronically.
I am happy to know that Sri Adhikari Brothers Group is launching special edition on Digital India of Governance Now. I am sure this edition will be beneficial in strengthening relationship and facilitating cooperation between government organizations and industries, besides improving the public governance.
The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. I am pleased to learn that Governance Now is coming up with a special Issue on Digital India Special issue. I extend my compliments to Governance Now for bringing out this special issue, having a gamut of best models that drive digital transformation in the country.
With the increasing role of technology in our daily lives and the growing significance of Industry4.0, India can only unlock its true potential once digital connectivity, the basic building block for most technological solutions reaches the last mile. The constraints that need to be addressed to unleash the full benefits of digital connectivity in India fall under five major areas that arc Broadband connectivity, Digital access and literacy, Content in Indian languages, Availability of e-services, Cybersecurity.
Since ‘Governance Now Digital India Special Edition’ seeks to highlight how technology is giving momentum to transformations in various sections of the society while being a they enabler to bridge gaps and empower weaker sections; it is imperative for all stakeholders to make the compendium a facilitator of cooperative relationship between government agencies, industry, academia, thinly tanks and solution providers for fueling the growth of the nation. I hope this special edition would be able to achieve all its objectives.
The digital platform has enormous potential of fulfilling almost every need of modern world and world citizens. Digital India is a programme to prepare India for a knowledge future. The Digital India initiative, the first of its kind to strive for the much sought after digital connectivity, by permitting fast track flow of information to achieve transparent and effective governance, continues to face stiff challenges. "Digital India" initiative is supplement to RTI, because putting information online brings transparency, which in turn, builds trust and reduces the chance of corruption.
The Digital India programme has a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Government of Karnataka has been a pioneer in e-governance. Government services can be made available to citizens in a convenient, efficient and transparent manner through the use of e-Governance. It also helps in improving efficiency in mass processing tasks and public administration operations. I hope that the Digital India Special Edition will encompass various initiatives in the field and help Governmetants and citizens alike in its adoption and implementation.
As the Chief Minister of the State of Meghalaya, my vision is to serve the people and enhance their lifestyle through different interventions. Keeping the public informed and giving them an accessible Government has been a key priority of my Government, which enables us to be transparent and accountable. We constantly encourage and support suggestions given by the public and my Government is committed to use technology to provide innovative solutions to our people from all walks of life thereby bridging the gap of good governance right from the grassroot level.
Sikkim also plans to adopt and integrate the process of digitization of Government services and implement schemes associated with Digital India. Digital Literacy remains to be the priority, achieving this will enable the citizens to make the best use of all the E-governance facilities and do more with a touch of a button. Embracing a paperless route towards sustainable development is an aspect of digitization and a factor that makes it more appealing considering the future.
Digital India is leveraging a plethora of technologies to transform the industry and the standard of living of her citizens. From the internet of things to the automation of everything, from AI to machine learning, from robotics to 3D printed products, and from big data in cloud to the collaborative power of people in the crowd. Digital India is being driven by wave after wave of exponential advances in technology.
Digital India was started in 2014 with an aim to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. In the last 5 years, the digital profile of the country has changed significantly owing to successful implementation of transformational initiatives such as Aadhaar, Jan Dhan Yojana, mobile penetration, Direct Benefit Transfers, BHIM-UPI, etc. These initiatives have touched the lives of more than 100 crore citizens of the country in a positive manner.
While India is on the digital path security of critical infrastructure is a big issue therefore, the department has launched a national programme called Cyber Physical System which means that we have machines which are empowered with communications, computing and decision making ability. We have created e-PMS portal which facilitates the Scientists and Researchers of the country to submit their Project Proposals for various Schemes of Department of Science and Technology. The portal also provides facility to track the status of the submitted Project Proposals.
We shall continuously evolve and leverage a digital transformation movement that transforms India as a country and Haryana as a State by building intelligent systems; smart, safe and sustainable cities; adopting latest technologies like block-chain, cloud solutions, making systems citizen centric and pro-active, using analytics for decision making and enhancing the overall experience from transformed service delivery life cycle