Digital India: A Novel Perspective for Indian People and Economy

The main aim of this review based research is to understand the concept of Digital India and also to analyse and assess the opportunities, new perspective and important challengesof Digital India in the development of Indian people and economy. Digital India is an initiative by the Government of India to ensure that Government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity. It was launched on July 1, 2015 by Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. The initiative includes plans to connect rural areas with high-speed internet networks. Digital India has three core components. These include:

The creation of digital infrastructure.

Delivering services digitally.

Digital literacy

A two-way platform will be created where the service providers and the consumers will benefit. The scheme will be monitored and administrated by the Digital India Advisory group which will be chaired by the Ministry of Communications and IT. It will be an inter-Ministerial initiative where all ministries and departments will offer their own services to the public: Healthcare, Education, Judicial, etc. The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model will be adopted selectively. In addition, there are plans to restructure the National Informatics Centre. This project is one among the top priority projects of the Mr. Modi Administration. The Digital India programme aims to provide broadband highways, universal access to mobile connectivity, public internet access programme, E-governance: Reforming government through Technology, E-Kranti-Electronic delivery of services, Information for all, Electronics manufacturing: Target net zero imports, IT for jobs and early harvest programmes. In line with these objectives, the government has launched some initiatives and others are being readied for launch.