From the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed power, his focus was on the development of the nation. ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ are the weapons to win the battle. Make in India, an initiative to make India self- reliant and Digital India to make India a Digitalized country has observed many changes in the field of education, health, employment, etc. by introduction of Information Technology in these fields. The celebration of Digital India week aims at spreading awareness of Digital India in the country and making it a nationwide hit. Media is entirely covered with the news of Digital India week with many companies like Airtel coming forward to collaborate. The current success in the program seems to bolster it and add a star on India’s color.
What is Digital India?
As the name suggests, it is an initiative to make governance Digital. It has many sub branches under it to enhance economy and pace up the governance by digitalizing the respective sectors. The program is being handled by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) along with central and state ministries. Prime minister is the chairperson of the monitoring committee of Digital India (committee to monitor the program). 
Aim of Digital India
The aim of Digital India is to provide a Digital infrastructure to every citizen in order to ease them and reduce the consumption. This Digital empowerment will allow the citizen to handle the services more easily. It also makes the governance easy and on-demand. E-governance E-kranti (Electronic Service Delivery) are its sub parts. Simplified assess to mobile connectivity and public internet access program will ease the connectivity of all citizen.
Projects: Digital India has some branches to conclude the program successfully according to the vision.
- Swach Bharat Mission Mobile App: A step forward to send the message of Swach Bharat Mission to every corner of the country.
- Online Registration System: A program under e-hospital, will help people to get online reports, fees payments registration, etc.
- Bharat Net: It aims to glue all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with the help of high-speed Digital highway using optical fiber, which will support the governance and reduce time consumption.
- Next Generation Network: To replace all old exchanges. It will use IP-based technology to transact data.
- My in: Made with a vision to engage the people in governance. It helps in getting opinion and discussion. Its mobile App will ease up the users to operate it on mobile platforms.
- Digital Locker System: A secure way to exchange documents among agencies. It helps in saving time and faster operation execution.
- Wi-Fi Connectivity: BSNL has taken the responsibility of connecting the citizen through hotspots. A program to completely Digitalize the nation
Conclusion
According to the planning, all panchayats of India will get connected with broadband by 2019. Side by side Wi-Fi in schools, colleges and public is also a part of the vision. This will increase the IT jobs and services demand, leading to employment. It is a beneficial deal from all sides and for all sectors and will take India to a new level of development.
