Digital India Programme
Digital India, a flagship programme of the Government of India, aims to “transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”. The focus is on being transformative to realise IT (Indian Talent) + IT (Information Technology) = IT (India Tomorrow). The vision of Digital India programme aims at inclusive growth in areas of electronic services, products, manufacturing and job opportunities etc. This programme centres on three key vision areas of “Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen”, “Governance and Services on Demand” and “Digital Empowerment of Citizens”.
This programme has been envisaged and coordinated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) in collaboration with various Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments.
Digital India Week Objectives
- Inform, educate and engage with citizens through organization of events at large number of Digital Points of Presence such as CSCs/ Post Offices, Schools, Gram Panchayats etc
- Connect all netizens through Digital Media campaigns and events
- Inform all about the vision, services and benefits of the Programme
- Popularise and expand the reach of existing e-services, plan and launch new services
- Educate citizens on functional digital literacy, cyber security, cyber hygiene, ensure better utilization of Digital infrastructure during the DI Week and beyond
- Incentivize, motivate and connect citizens with the Digital India Programme.
Digital India Week Programme
The Digital India Week would be formally launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in an event at New Delhi on July 1, 2015. Several new products and e-services such as Digital Locker, are also to be launched during the inaugual event.
A week from July 1 would be earmarked by programmes comprising of awareness and communication organised across the country to effectively deliver the message of Digital India to the citizens. The events would be conducted at different levels starting from the village level, block, municipality, sub-division, district, state and national level to make people in general and all levels of government in particular to communicate the transformative impact of the Digital India programme. The events would be organised at large number of Digital Points of Presence such as Common Service Centres, Post Offices, Schools, Gram Panchayats etc to inform, educate and engage with citizens.
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