Whether the vision of Digital India really transformed the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy? Critically analyse (200 Words)
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Surya Prakash Reddy 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
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KEY POINTS
Digital India programme achievements
· One of the largest digital infrastructures of the world was conceived to connect all the 250,000 gram panchayats by a high-speed optical fibre network.
· Bharat Net has reached 1.29 lakh gram panchayats.
· Digital services being offered by the government as well as the private sector have improved the life of every citizen.
· Aadhaar-based eKYC has made it easy to open bank accounts or to get instant mobile SIMs without any paperwork.
· The eHospital services have made it easy to take online appointments in 322 major hospitals.
· Online scholarships, e-Visa, soil health cards etc. have made the delivery of services faster.
· The trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM) has facilitated direct benefit transfers of financial entitlements of various government schemes directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
· The Pradhan Mantri Grameen Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA), which aims to train six crore rural adults, has trained 2.21 crore beneficiaries.
· Common services centres have not only grown to reach 3.76 lakh, but have also started offering a wide variety of digital services like banking, insurance, utility bill payment, pension, MGNREGA wage payments
Criticisms of the programme
· The issues pertaining to taxation and other regulatory guidelines have proved to be roadblocks in advancing with the programme, while contracting challenges also played a spoilsport.
· Some of the common policy hurdles include lack of clarity in FDI policies, which have impacted the growth of e-commerce.
· The biggest challenge faced by Digital India programme is the slow/delayed infrastructure development.
· Spectrum availability in Indian metros is about a tenth of the same in cities in developed countries. This has put a major roadblock in providing high speed data services.
· Digital divide, this is largely due to the fact that providing mobile connectivity in such locations is not commercially viable for service providers.
· Lack of electricity connectivity in the hinterlands due to maoist insurgency, misuse of funds; this leads to poor internet connectivity.
Anisha Sahu 6 years
Kindly review.
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good answer. Try to include about digital divide, lack of internet connectivity. Keep Writing.
Krish 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
Try to include the criticisms part. Keep Writing.
Santosh kulkarni 6 years
Kindly review thanks.
IAS Parliament 6 years
Focus areas and pillars of the programme is not needed. Elaborate more on challenges. Keep Writing.
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