Digital empowerment

E-SERVICES INITIATED UNDER

DIGITAL INDIA
 E-services
• Government has launched the Digital India programme with the
vision of transforming India into a digitally empowered society
and a knowledge-based economy, by ensuring digital access,
digital inclusion, digital empowerment and bridging the digital
divide. The programme is centred on three key vision areas,
namely digital infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen,
governance and services on demand, and digital empowerment
of citizens. The overall goal is to ensure that digital technologies
 improve the life of every citizen, expand India’s digital economy,
and creating investment and employment opportunities and
create digital technological capabilities in India.

• Digital India has considerably reduced the distance between

Government and citizens. It has also helped in delivery of
substantial services directly to the beneficiary in a transparent
and corruption free manner. In the process, India has emerged
as one of the pre-eminent nations of the world to use technology
to transform the lives of its citizens.
• Aadhaar: Aadhaar provides 12 digit biometric and demographic
based identity that is unique, lifelong, online and authenticable.
Further to give statutory backing to Aadhaar ‘The Aadhaar
(Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and
Services) Act, 2016’ was notified on 26th March 2016. Over 135.5
crore residents have been enrolled.

• Common Services Centres– CSCs are offering government and

business services in digital mode in rural areas through Village
Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs). Over 400 digital services are being
offered by these CSCs. So far, 5.21 Lakh CSCs are functional
(including urban & rural areas) across the country, out of which,
4.14 Lakh CSCs are functional at Gram Panchayat level. There
are 23,035 CSCs are functional in the State of Rajasthan, out of
which 18823 CSCs are functional at the Gram Panchayat level.

• DigiLocker: Digital Locker provides an ecosystem with collection of

repositories and gateways for issuers to upload the documents in
the digital repositories. Digital Locker has more than 13.7 crore
users and more than 562 crore documents are made available
through DigiLocker from 2,311 issuer organisations.
•Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) – for
providing government services to citizen through mobile. More than
1668 e-Services and over 20,197 bill payment services are made
available at UMANG.

•e-Sign: e-Sign service facilitates instant signing of forms/documents

online by citizens in a legally acceptable form. The services are being
leveraged by various applications using OTP based authentication
services of UIDAI. More than 31.08 crore e-Sign issued by all agencies
wherein, 7.01 Crore e-Sign issued by CDAC.

•MyGov – It is a citizen engagement platform that is developed to

facilitate participatory governance. Presently, over 2.76+ crore users
are registered with MyGov, participating in various activities hosted
on MyGov platform.

•MeriPehchaan – National Single Sign-on (NSSO) platform called

MeriPehchaan has been launched in July 2022 to facilitate / provide
citizens ease of access to government portals. Total 4419 services of
various Ministries/States integrated with NSSO.
• Digital Village: MeitY has also initiated the ’Digital Village Pilot Project” in October, 2018. 700 Gram
Panchayats (GPs)/Village with atleast one Gram Panchayat/Village per District per State/UT are being covered
under the project. The digital services being offered are Digital Health Services, Education Service, Financial
Services, Skill Development, Solar panel powered street lights including Government to Citizens Services (G2C),
Business to Citizen (B2C) Services.

• National Rollout of eDistrict MMP: e-District is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) that aims at electronic delivery of
identified high volume citizen centric services at the district or sub-district level. Presently 4,671 e-services have
been launched in 709 districts across India.

• Open Government Data Platform– To facilitate data sharing and promote innovation over non-personal data,
Open Government Data platform has been developed. More than 5.93 lakh datasets across 12,940+ catalogues
are published. The platform has facilitated 94.8 lakh downloads.

• CO-WIN - It is an open platform for management of registration, appointment scheduling & managing
vaccination certificates for Covid-19. It has registered 110 crore persons and has facilitated administration of 220
crore doses of vaccinations.
• eHospital/ Online Registration System (ORS) :e-Hospital application is the Hospital Management Information
System for internal workflows and processes of hospitals. Currently, 753 Hospitals have been on-boarded on e-
Hospital and ORS has been adopted by 557 hospitals across the country with over 68 lakh appointments booked
from ORS.

• Jeevan Pramaan: Jeevan Pramaan envisages to digitize the whole process of securing the life certificate for
Pensioner. With this initiative, the pensioner is no more required to physically present himself or herself in front
of disbursing agency or the certification authority. Over 685.42lakh Digital Life certificates have been processed
since 2014.

• NCOG-GIS Applications: National Centre of Geo-informatics (NCoG) project, is a GIS platform developed for
sharing, collaboration, location based analytics and decision support system for Departments. So far, 659
applications across various domains are operational.

• National Knowledge Network: A high speed data communication network has been established to interconnect
Institution of higher learning, and research. So far, 1752 links to Institutions have been commissioned and made
operational. 522 NKN links have been connected to NIC district centers across India.
• National Knowledge Network: A high speed data communication network
has been established to interconnect Institution of higher learning, and
research. So far, 1752 links to Institutions have been commissioned and made
operational. 522 NKN links have been connected to NIC district centers across
India.

• Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan (PMGDISHA) : The

Government has approved a new scheme titled “Pradhan Mantri Gramin
Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)” to usher in digital literacy in rural
India by covering 6 Crore rural households (one person per household). It has
6.63 crore registered candidates and out of this, 5.69 crore candidates have
been trained and 4.22 crore have been certified.

• FutureSkills Prime: MeitY in collaboration with NASSCOM has initiated a

programme titled FutureSkills PRIME. The programme is aimed at re-
skilling/ up-skilling of IT professionals in 10 new/emerging technologies which
include Augmented/Virtual Reality, Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Additive Manufacturing/
3D Printing, Cloud Computing, Social & Mobile, Cyber Security and
Blockchain.
• Cyber Security: The Government has taken necessary measures to tackle challenges with regard to data
privacy and data security through administering the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 which has
necessary provisions for data privacy and data security. India has made it to the top 10 in Global Cyber
security Index (GCI) 2020 launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on June 29, 2021,
moving up 37 places to rank as the tenth best country in the world on key cyber safety parameters.

• Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is the leading digital payment platform. It has onboarded 376 banks and
has facilitated 730 crore transactions (by volume) worth Rs 11.9 lakh crore.

• Cyber Security: The Government has taken necessary measures to tackle challenges with regard to data
privacy and data security through administering the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 which has
necessary provisions for data privacy and data security. India has made it to the top 10 in Global Cyber
security Index (GCI) 2020 launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on June 29, 2021,
moving up 37 places to rank as the tenth best country in the world on key cyber safety parameters.

• Blockchain: Blockchain is a digital ledger technology that enables the secure and transparent recording of
transactions across a network of computers.
 BLOCKCHAIN
Blockchain technology is a fascinating innovation with immense potential
to revolutionize various industries. At its core, blockchain is a decentralized
and distributed ledger technology that enables secure and transparent
transactions without the need for intermediaries.
One of the key features of blockchain is its immutability, which means that
once data is recorded on the blockchain, it cannot be altered or tampered
with. This characteristic makes blockchain particularly suitable for
applications requiring trust and transparency, such as financial
transactions, supply chain management, and voting systems.
Blockchain also offers increased security through cryptographic
techniques, making it highly resistant to hacking and fraud. Additionally,
its decentralized nature eliminates the need for a central authority,
reducing the risk of single points of failure and enhancing resilience.
Smart contracts, which are self-executing contracts with the terms of the
agreement directly written into code, are another powerful aspect of
blockchain technology. They enable automation of processes, reduce the
need for intermediaries, and facilitate faster and more efficient transactions.
However, despite its numerous advantages, blockchain technology is not
without challenges. Scalability, energy consumption, regulatory uncertainty,
and interoperability issues are some of the hurdles that need to be addressed
for blockchain to achieve widespread adoption.
Overall, while blockchain technology is still evolving, its potential to
transform industries, enhance transparency, and streamline processes is
undeniable. With continued innovation and collaboration, blockchain has the
capacity to usher in a new era of trust and efficiency in various sectors of the
economy.
Thank You
Gaurav Khorwal
1036/23
B.com(honours)