Prime Minister Narender Modi has been in the news for long. And this time he is back with his ambitious e-governance initiative, ‘DIGITAL INDIA’. With an aim to proffer an advanced living environment to the country, there is a lot included in this dream project. Here is all you need to learn about digital India campaign.

After the success of clean India mission, the government of India is now all set to chase their dream of ‘Digital India’. Under the supervision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi this ambitious initiative, will be the next in the priority list of the government.

Recently, he inaugurated the ‘Digital India’ week in New Delhi.With an aim to reform governance through technology, the vision of this ‘Digital India’ campaign includes growth of several areas such as manufacturing, employment sector, electronic services, products, and lots more.From the very first day in his office, he has always shown his interest in a digitizing campaign for India. It just aim to bridge the gap between government initiatives and the citizens of India.

Before we move deeper inside the accomplishment and consequences of this ‘big’ dream, first have a quick glimpse at the major projects and policies of the event:

A thought from the Prime Minister’s Desk…

As far Modi’s dream and vision is concerned, it is not something new. For long, he has been focusing on development of IT sector in the country to augment the economical conditions here. According to his statement last year, “IT plus IT is equal to IT i.e. India Talent plus Information Technology is equal to India Tomorrow. The IT sector can be the shining light of brand India”. But, the question arises how?

How can IT sector contribute to Digital India?

Do you know that India has the third-highest number of Internet users in the world? While this seems to be an applauding news, yet the barracking note is that when it comes to penetration, it is just 12.58% of the country’s population.

There is a lot to be done and it calls for collaborative efforts of all the IT companies and professionals of the country. Here is something they need to look upon:

Reducing the digital divide:

Well, the Digital India project aims to benefit the people in remote villages with help of IT services, therefore these firms and their employees should work for the welfare of the rural areas too. Just like the availability of roads, schoolsand electricity is important to bring out drastic changes, now the information technology, optical network (and) broadband facility needs to be added in the list of fundamentals.

Software Development:

A lot development has been observed in the hardware sector. It has contributed significantly to the India’s GDP. Now it’s high time for the software section. Whether it is about e-commerce or various application development, IT firms can support the campaign greatly. It can bring ease to life and support to the system. The digital revolution in the country and the boost to development of software will provide transparent and efficient governance. Along this, it will act as bridge for the rich-poor divide.

Social Media can help:

Prime Minister is himself very active on Social networking sites. He keep updating his events and strategies through his twitter handle @narendramodi. As far as Digital India campaign is considered, IT companies can frame surveys, online polls, and several other programs to preach its aspects. They can enhance the reach of Government and act as a medium that helps in understanding the people’s needs, ambition and problems of people. It is just similar to adding new inspiration and strength. And somewhere or the other way, it will help the IT industry to will flourish and make India progress.

For now, the IT industry is heavily banking on this visionary venture, ‘Digital India’. There are number of issues, which still needs to be addressed for complete revolution of India into a connected information economy. But one thing is sure that stronger is the government’s collaboration with the IT companies, greater results can be expected for the next generation!