Digital India is a programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Here’s a look at the benefits that the programme promises to bring to the nation.
By 2019, 2.5 lakh villages will have broadband connection , with added feature of phone connectivity.
The imports will turn zero as India will have a staggering 400,000 Public Internet Access Points.
Over 2.5 lakh eductaional institutions including schools and universities will have wi-fi facility.
The most telling impact will be on increasing skills and job prsopects. It is estimated that by 2019, about 1.7 crore young Indians will have proper training in IT , telecom and electronics.
This will lead to 1.7 crore jobs directly and the resultant economic upsurge will add another 8.5 crore jobs.
The total impact will be more than 10 crore jobs for Indian youths in about 4 years from now.
India will become a world leader in IT interface with e governance and e-services getting maximum exposure. Indian firms will gain internationally with their expetise in IT use in services like health, education and banking.
The vision of Digital India is centered on three key areas. The first benefit will be the availability of utilities to citizens.
Digital Infrastructure will deliver the services, like banking and access to a service centre at the doorstep of citizens with the help of high speed internet.
The second vision area focuses on governance and services.
Across departments and places, the digital movement will bring everything on the screen of their devices, in a sense in their own hands.
Services will be available in real time to the people , cutting across the red tape and other hindrances. It will also increase the use of cloud services and enable citizens to receive their due just it from cloud services.
Similarly it will increase the ease of doing business in India and also the benefit to complete the financial transactions without having to set foot outside the home.
The third vision will empower citizens digitally.
The digital revolution will be of immense benefits to the citizens as digital resources , like documents will be easily available on cloud, making access easier and fast.
Further the services would be more friendly as they would be available on the native languages, making the reach comprehensible and vast.
So Digital India is all set to transform the country into a nation where things will move fast, and will move in the direction people and citizens would want.