Digital India Week 2022

Digital India Week 2022

News: Recently, the Prime Minister has inaugurated the Digital India Week 2022 under the Digital India Programme, with the aim to strengthen Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living.
• Theme – ‘Catalyzing New India’s Techade’

What is Digital India Programme?
• Launched in 2015, the programme has been enabled for several important government schemes, such as BharatNet, Make in India, Startup India and Standup India.
• Its key vision is to create a digital infrastructure as utility to every citizen, provide governance services on demand and digitally empower the citizens of the nation.

What are the achievements of Digital India Programme?
• Since 2014, more than Rs 23 lakh crore has been transferred to beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfers or DBT.
• Digital platforms like Aadhaar, UPI, Cowin and Digilocker as examples of services that have contributed to the ‘ease of living’ as citizens get services online without going to government offices or approaching middlemen.
• Digital India has brought the government to the doorsteps and phones of the citizens. More than 1.25 lakh Common Service Centres (CSC) and Grameen Stores are now taking e-commerce to rural India.
• Similarly, property documents for rural properties are being provided by use of technology.
• With the help of One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC), free ration was ensured to more than 80 crore countrymen.
• Through Co-WIN Platform, India has run the world's largest and most efficient covid vaccination and covid relief program.
• Most recently, the government through its pilot project of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) intends to empower local retailers, manufactures and buyers giving them all a level playing field and further encouraging the goal of an Atmanirbhar Bharat.