Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India to ensure that government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing connectivity or by making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology. The initiative includes plans to connect rural areas with high-skeed internet networks.
Digital India has three core components:
1. The creation of digital infrastructure
2. Delivering services digitally
3. Digital literacy
Specifically, the government aims to target nine ‘Pillars of Digital India’ that they identify as:
1. Broadband highways
2. universal access to mobile connectivity
3. Public Internet Access Programmes
4. e-Governance
5. ekranti-Electronice delivery of services
6. Information for all
7. Electronics Manufacturing
8. IT for jobs
9. Early Harvest Programmes.
