Objectives of Digital India
- To offer easy access to the Common Service Centre (CSC) in all country regions.
- To provide high-speed internet at all gram panchayats across India.
Benefits of Digital India
- There is a rise in digital transactions when it comes to e-governance.
- Under the Bharat Net programme, an optical fibre network of 274,246 km has reached more than 1.15 lakh Gram Panchayats in the country.
- A Common Service Center (CSC) developed under the National e-Governance Project of the Indian government, which offers access to information and communication technology (ICT).
- Digital villages getting set up besides proper facilities like LED assembly unit, solar lighting, sanitary napkin production unit and Wi-Fi choupal.
- Through computer and Internet access, the CSCs present multimedia content related to various fields, namely education, e-governance, health, telemedicine, entertainment and other government and private services through computer and internet access.
- Internet data is undertaken as a key tool for making services reach, and the urban internet penetration stands at 64%.
Initiatives of Digital India
- E-Hospitals: It is a Hospital Management Information System (HMIS), an easy solution in reaching out to hospitals, patients and doctors through this digital platform. Under the campaign, around 420 e-Hospitals had been set up until February 2021.
- DigiLockers: It is a flagship initiative that works on 'Digital Empowerment' of the citizens by offering accurate digital documents to the citizen's digital document wallet.
- BHIM: Bharat Interface for Money is an application that does multiple payment transactions in a simple, easy and rapid manner using Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
- E-Pathshala: NCERT created it as e-Pathshala demonstrates and spreads all educational e-resources for learning, including audio, textbooks, video, periodicals and numerous print and non-print materials through the website as well as a mobile app.
Drawbacks of Digital India
- Many small and medium scale industries have to grapple a lot to take up the new modern technology.
- The internet speed, which comes daily, including the Wi-Fi hotspots, doesn't work fast in regards to other developed nations.
- The restricted capability of entry-level smartphones for flexible internet access in the country.
- Shortage of skilled workforce in areas such as digital technology creates an issue for all
- Devoid of user-based education
- To find nearly one million cybersecurity experts to know and supervise the growing threat related to digital crime.
