Digital India

Feb 24, 2023 | Blog

"Digital India has the power to connect the unconnected and provide access to digital services and information to all citizens of India." ~ Sundar Pichai

Digital Infrastructure

• Digital public infrastructure for agriculture will be built as an open source, open standard and interoperable public good.

• Fiscal support for Digital Public Infrastructure will continue in 2023-24.

• Upgrade digital infrastructure in lower courts with the Rs 7,000 crore allocation.

• 100 labs for developing applications using 5G services will be set up in engineering institutions.

Digital Services

• Fintech services in India have been facilitated by our digital public infrastructure, including Aadhaar, PM Jan Dhan Yojana, Video KYC, India Stack and UPI.

• Setting up three centres of excellence for AI.

• PAN to be a Common Business Identifier for all digital systems.

• The KYC process will be simplified, adopting a ‘risk-based’ instead of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to meet the needs of Digital India.

• An Entity DigiLocker will be set up for use by MSMEs, large businesses and charitable trusts.

Digital Literacy

• National Digital Library for children and adolescents will be set up to facilitate the availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels, and device-agnostic accessibility.

• For countries looking for digital continuity solutions, we will facilitate the setting up of their Data Embassies in GIFT IFSC.

• The digital ecosystem for skilling will be further expanded with the launch of a unified Skill India Digital platform.