Digital India is sweeping initiative to transform India into Digitally empowered nation. A forward looking government, willing industry players, and ready nation are working wholeheartedly to realize this dream.

1. DIGITAL INDIA
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A World Scale Opportunity
Within Home
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2. AGENDA
● Digital India Project- Concept and scope
● IT Industry – interest and commitment
● Industry Leaders and Commitment
● Opportunity for IT stakeholders- companies,
● Professionals and freelancers
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3. DIGITAL INDIA
Concept and Scope
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4. What is IT?

5. A Government Initiative
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20.08.2014-
Cabinet
approval for DI

6. Every classroom is equipped with a high end apparatus which is a combination of
projector and computers; which villagers lovingly call as Knowledge-Yaan (Vehicle of
Knowledge).
DIGITAL VILLAGE
Akodara, a tiny village with 200 households, which is situated 90 kms from
Ahmedabad in Sabarkantha district

7. What is Its AIM

8. AIM
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Ensures the
government
services are made
available to citizens
electronically by
reducing paper
work

9. Karnataka Mobile One
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Digital India: Modi government to
scale Karnataka's mobile governance
platform 'Mobile-One' nationally
Karnataka's mobile-governance
platform, which integrates 4,187
services, both government and
private, into one app, Mobile-One.,
the Mobile-One app has generated
business to the tune of Rs 5 crore
and is growing at a rate of 10 percent
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10. What does it Do?

11. Connect People & departments
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Booking Gas Cylinder
TodayPassport
Application

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14. Connecting with high speed network.
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Digital India Vision: eMudhra launches eSign
services- Digital Signatures

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Engaged aged in various initiatives under the government’s ‘Digital India’
campaign, global tech giant Google is focussing on key areas like bringing more
Indic language content online and helping 20 million small and medium
enterprises set up Internet presence by 2017.

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Digital India: Sterlite to invest Rs 400 crore; up optic fibre capacity
to 30 million km

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The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), nodal agency
for promotion of marine exports from India, has launched two mobile
based applications, which would help farmers get prices on shrimp and
capture data on aquaculture through mobile.

20. Level of Implementation
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It would create ICT
infrastructure like high speed
Internet at Gram panchayat
level, on demand availablity
of government services like
health, education etc and
digital empowerment of
citizens specially through
digital literacy
Connecting all gram
panchayats by broadband
Internet, promote e-
governance and promote
India into connected
knowledge economy

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22. D I G I T A L I N D I A
▪ Government Business Process Re-engineering using IT to improve
transactions
▪ Form Simplification, reduction
▪ Online applications and tracking, Interface between departments
▪ Use of online repositories e.g. school certificates, voter ID cards, etc.
▪ Integration of services and platforms – UIDAI, Payment Gateway, Mobile
Platform, EDI
▪ Electronic Databases – all databases and information to be electronic, not manual
▪ Workflow automation inside government
▪ Public Grievance Redressal - using IT to automate, respond, analyse data to
identify and resolve persistent problems – largely process improvements
▪ To be implemented across government - critical for transformation.
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23. D I G I T A L I N D I A
▪ Online Hosting of Information & documents
▪ Citizens have open, easy access to information
▪ Open data platform
▪ Government pro-actively engages through social media
and web based platforms to inform citizens
▪ MyGov.in
▪ 2-way communication between citizens and government
▪ Online messaging to citizens on special occasions/programs
▪ Largely utilise existing infrastructure – limited additional
resources needed
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24. D I G I T A L I N D I A
▪ Technology for Education – e-Education
▪ All Schools connected with broadband
▪ Free wifi in all schools (250,000)
▪ Digital Literacy program
▪ MOOCs – develop pilot Massive Online Open
Courses
▪ Technology for Health – e-Healthcare
▪ Online medical consultation
▪ Online medical records
▪ Online medicine supply
▪ Pan-India exchange for patient information
▪ Pilots – 2015; Full coverage in 3 years
▪ Technology for Planning
▪ GIS based decision making
▪ National GIS Mission Mode Project
▪ Technology for Farmers
▪ Real time price information
▪ Online ordering of inputs
▪ Online cash, loan, relief payment with mobile
banking
▪ Technology for Security
▪ Mobile Emergency Services
▪ Technology for Financial Inclusion
▪ Mobile Banking
▪ Micro-ATM program
▪ CSCs/ Post Offices
▪ Technology for Justice
▪ e-Courts, e-Police, e-Jails, e-Prosecution
▪ Technology for Security
▪ National Cyber Security Co-ordination Center
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Digital India week: IIT Bombay students showcase
ten relevant projects

25. D I G I T A L I N D I A
▪ Target NET ZERO Imports is a striking demonstration of intent
▪ Ambitious goal which requires coordinated action on many fronts
▪ Taxation, Incentives
▪ Economies of Scale, Eliminate cost disadvantages
▪ Focused areas – Big Ticket Items
▪ FABS, Fab-less design, Set top boxes, VSATs, Mobiles, Consumer &
Medical Electronics, Smart Energy meters, Smart cards, micro-ATMs
▪ Incubators, clusters
▪ Skill development
▪ Government procurement
▪ There are many ongoing programs which will be fine-tuned.
▪ Existing Structures inadequate to handle this goal. Need
strengthening.
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Digital India Programme will help engineering
students’

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30. The Time Span- Estimated Costs and Impacts
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The Program will be
implemented in Phases till
2018 and will ensure that
government services are
available to citizens
electronically and people
get benefit of the
technology
▪ Overall Costs of Digital India
~ Rs 100,000 Cr in ongoing schemes (only DeitY, DOT &
not incl. those in other line Ministries)
~ Rs 13,000 Cr for new schemes & activities
▪ Impact of Digital India by 2019
• Broadband in 2.5 lakh villages, universal phone
connectivity
• Net Zero Imports by 2020
• 400,000 Public Internet Access Points
• Wi-fi in 2.5 lakh schools, all universities; Public wi-fi
hotspots for citizens
• Digital Inclusion: 1.7 Cr trained for IT, Telecom and
Electronics Jobs
• Job creation: Direct 1.7 Cr. and Indirect at least 8.5
Cr.
• e-Governance & eServices: Across government
• India to be leader in IT use in services – health,
education, banking
• Digitally empowered citizens – public cloud, internet
access

31. What is the Result?

32. 3. Delivering Services Digitally
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34. Background
Significance of DI

35. The revolution we
missed
● Industrial revolution
● semiconductor
many more…
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36. India Missed Industrial Revolution
There are many reasons
for our industrial failure,
but the silliest and most
hurtful one is that 670
industries in India are still
reserved for small (SSI)
companies, and they are
unable to compete against
the large firms of our
competitor nations.

37. Missed Semiconductor Revolution
MISSED ELECTRONICS
REVOLUTION BUS –
ELECTRONICS AND
SEMICONDUCTOR
IN INDIA

38. New Opportunity
● A Great Opportunity for India
● Favorable Factors
o Ready Population
o Willing World
o Proactive Government

39. Implications for IT
What does it mean for IT?
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40. Revenue Boost ( Hardware)
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Digital India drive will
definitely contribute to the
“domestic revenue” of the
IT firms - the segment that
has been showing a
negative trend in the last
couple of years

41. Revenue Boost ( Hardware)
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There are three components in DI-
•Universal connectivity
•making applications available to
people and
• digital literacy
once connectivity is established, it
will drive the usage of apps, giving
people access to a variety of service
Business for Networking
companies- CISCO

42. Data Revolution
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● DI will generate more
data as more people will
consume information.
● It will drive usage of ICT
devices, - drive mobile
applications, requirement
of security services and
data analytics

43. Software Boost
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Digitization of government
departments and services will
create demand for software
need to digitize all documents
require relevant software to do
that and enable services to
citizens
This will generate huge
employment
HP India
The company which gets its 25%
revenues from India from the
public sector, is working with
government for creation for skills
portals as well as conversion of
physical curriculum (text books)
to digital content- e- books

44. Software Boost
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● DI will drive public-private
partnership in building
applications, solutions based
on the Internet of Things and
manufacturing
● DI will help in delivering citizen
services electronically and
improve the way citizen and
authorities transact with each
other
Richo India is doing a Rs. 200 core
project with Delhi’s Education
department for the
implementation and maintenance
of ICT solution in 1100 solutions

45. 3.
The Commitment

46. Government Investments
● 500 Crores for DI
● 100 crore for setting-up
Virtual classrooms
● 100 crore for promoting
Good governance through
IT
● 7060 crores for smart
cities aimed at simplifying
citizens access to public
services

47. Investment in Manufacturing and more
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48. Willing World

49. DI and Google
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Google has already
made its intention clear
on providing the last-
mile connectivity with
its helium-filled
balloons

50. DI and Microsoft
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Microsoft is planning to use its “ white
space” technology . It means use of
frequencies alloted to a broadcasting
service for unused. The unsed
frequencies are considered to have
potential for provding wireless
boradband internet access. A device
that can be used with such technology
is called “ white space device

51. DI and Cisco
Cisco has earmarked $1.7 billion for
investment this year in India
ICT requirements in projects like smart
India would be anywhere between 5-6 % of
total project costs
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52. Intel and DI
Intel sees opportunities in the
● IoT
● Data Centers
● Growth of cloud infrastructure and
technologies
● e-governance, retail and digital
● Digital literacy 5 million people
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53. Industry commitment
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The CEO from India and
abroad have committed in
investing Rs. 4.5 lakh crores
for Digital India Project
This is used for providing
telephony and internet for all

54. US collaboration
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Accelerating broadband
deployment, aligning
spectrum policy for mobile
era and exchanging views on
Internet governance and best
practices in ICT and
telecommunication
regulatory policies
Facilitate the flow of data
across borders and foster
the global and open nature
of the Internet as a platform
for economic growth

55. Expected Changes

56. DI: Transformations
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Digital India has the potential
to transform the existing
Public service Delivery
system, improve productivity,
create jobs and induce
economic activity in areas
which were not digitally
connected.

57. Eagerness of Indian
Industry

58. IT Industry’s Plan for DI- to invest Rs 4.5 trillion
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IT player are laying the basic
framework in patches which
can further merged with
greater digital India plan
● The Reliance Industries Chairman was
joined by top industry leaders like Sunil
Bharti Mittal (Rs one lakh crore),
● Kumar Mangalam Birla (US $9 billion or
about Rs 54,000 crore), and
● Anil Agarwal (Rs 40,000 crore) with large
investment announcements.
● Anil Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Group,
also announced an investment of Rs
10,000 crore to expand businesses across
digital, cloud and telecom space.

59. IT Industry’s Plan for DI
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IT will use disruptive technologies to
redefine paradigms for delivery of
services like health, education and
financial inclusion
It will partner with the Government
to restructure and refocus several
existing schemes and implement
them in a synchronized fashion
IT Industry committed to invest Rs 4.5 lakh
crore for the Modi government's ambitious
'Digital India' campaign to provide telephony
and fast internet for all, with more than half
of the promised investments announced by
Mukesh Ambani alone.

60. DI and StartUPs
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DI is improving Internet
connectivity
boost newcomers to start
their ventures from any part
of India including rural India
creating jobs,
Microsoft Launches BizSpark Plus
Programme for Startups; A Digital
India Commitment

61. 4.
Opportunities

62. DI: Primary benefits
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increased revenue
reduced costs, higher
employee productivity
safety and security
improved environmet
enhanced citizen experience
and better health and well-
being
Opportunities
Connected learning
payment opportunity

63. Market in the Home
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● Huge opportunity for India to use
disruptive technologies to redefine
paradigm for delivery of services
like education and financial service
● The Digital India visions opens up
countless opportunities for Indian
IT industry which is till now
predominantly focussed on the
overseas market
DI project may translate into a
business opportunity of $3-4 billion
annually for the Indian IT
Advantage
The IT industry had already
experienced of implementing large
scale and government projects

64. IT Professional- size and impact
There are 3 million Professionals employed by
the IT industry ,
while the number is around 10,000 for the
Government.
private sector will have to work with the
government in making the vision become a
reality
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65. Job Creation
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IT infrastructure being the backbone of
DI and also smart cities-
•Data analytics,
•programming,
•high-end consulting,
systems and network integration
will be order of the day
It is a great time and opportunity for
the Internet of Things

66. Direct Impact: Skillset in demand
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DI initiative is going to spike demand for
techies specializing in specific technologies
new growth avenue for IT hardware sector
overall employement
● Data scientists- intelligent algorithms
for cull out relevant trends
● User Interface- professionals who can
represent these data in a consumble
format
● Mobility Experts

67. Direct Impact: Skillset in demand
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DI initiative is going to spike demand
for techies specializing in specific
technologies
new growth
Professional having skills in
● social,
● mobile,
● cloud and
● analytics
nexes of forces

68. DI : Freelancing Boom
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Government is launching “ Digital
India Platform ( DIP) which will
provide freelancing opportunities
to computer lierate in the country
Under this scheme, all government
documents will be digitised by the
help of people who can type on
computer and mobile device

69. States ‘s Vernacular Participation
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State Governments will be
approached to use this
platform. It will benefit
people who are skilled in
vernacular language typing

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