To Inform, Educate &
Engage citizens across the country, Digital India Week, from 1st
July to 7th July, 2015 has been observed all over India. In this
week, multiple and varied events and activities took place at all the levels.
Starting from the National level event, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister,
events were conducted at State and District levels, villages and Panchayats,
Industry, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Common Service Centres, NIELIT
centres, STPI centres, Post Offices, BSNL/MTNL Centers and CDAC centres. Many
events, after the national launch, were also undertaken by Central Ministries
and agencies under it.
During the Digital India Week, a number
of services relating to Health, Education, Public Distribution System, Police,
Agriculture, Trade and Employment etc. have been launched by various State
Governments. Activities such as workshops, competitions, digital literacy
activities, display of Digital India Films and Videos, rallies etc. have been
organized by various stakeholders.
A gist of activities and events
undertaken during the Digital India Week are as follows:
1. National
Level Event – Digital India Week, launched by Hon’ble Prime
Minister at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on 1st of July, 2015, was
attended by more than 15,000 persons including Ministers of Union Council,
State Ministers, Ambassadors, young CEO’s & IT professionals and other dignitaries.
The evet witnessed launch of 15 initiatives by Hon’ble Prime Minister. Some of
the key highlights of this event are:
·
Leading
industry captains shared their ideas and vision of Digital India and committed
investments of about Rs 4.5 lakh Crore, for the programme.
·
Millions
of viewers watched the live telecast of the event on Doordarshan, Webcast (
webcast.gov.in) and Youtube.
·
Simultaneous
telecast of the event was organised in Post Offices, CSCs, STPI Centres, NIELIT
Centres, BSNL Centres, State Headquarters and Missions abroad.
·
The
event witnessed more than 1 billion impressions on officials social media
handles (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Instagram).
2. Week
Long Event – To maintain the momentum and enthusiasm of the
National Programme, Week-long events were organised from State to the Gram Panchayat
level. All State Governments, Industry and a number of Central Government
Departments and Organizations have conducted the events. Some of the key
highlights are as follows:
a.
State
Level Events – Have been conducted at all State headquarters. ~
150 such events have been organized with a participation more than 98,000
people. About 25 such events were graced by Chief Ministers, LGs and
Administrators. The events were also attended by State Ministers, Industry
representatives and other dignitaries.
The
key activities undertaken at the State level events are launch of new services
by States, discussions on technology and e-Governance and awareness through
publications and social media.
More
than 250 services were launched in areas of Health information, utility
services, smart PDS card, land record services, mobile app for civic amenities,
services for farmers, social welfare and pension services, electoral services,
online court services, police services, and employment exchange services
b.
District
Level Events –Events and activities have been organized at most of
the District headquarters in the country. Reports have been received from 438 districts
wherein in 1238 events, more than 1.36 lakh government officials and citizens have
been informed on Digital India Programme and its services. A large number of
events have been attended by Member of Parliaments, District Collectors, Members
of the Legislative Assembly and other dignitaries.
Some
of the key activities undertaken are workshops and seminars, digital literacy
activities, registration for Digital Locker and other e-Services, promotion
through rallies and publications and contests and competitions.
c.
Common
Service Centres (CSCs) Events – Events were organised at more
than 57,000 CSCs, wherein more than 34.2 lakh people (rural citizens, youth,
e-Service users) participated.
During
these events citizens have been informed on Digital India, Financial Literacy,
Digital Literacy, e-Health, e-Commerce etc. Activities like educating villagers
about pension account opening, Bank account opening, Registration of youth for
national skill development agency, career counselling and registration for jobs
were also undertaken.
d.
Post
Office Events – Events have been organized at more than 1,500 post
offices across the country and more than 1.75 lakh citizens have been informed
about Digital India and e-Services.
Some
of the key activities conducted during the week are, Jan Chetna Divas,
Financial Inclusion Day, Education Day, e-Duniya Day, e Commerce Day and Public
Grievance Day.
e.
Digital
Wellness Online Challenge – NeGD in partnership with Intel has
organized the Digital Wellness Challenge in a large number of schools. This initiative
has empowered the students for providing them with information and sensible
application of the principles of cyber safety, cyber security and cyber ethics.
More
than 6.23 lakh students, from class 6th to 12th
participated in the event.
f.
School,
Colleges/ Universities Events - These events have been organized
in association with State Education Departments. More than 1.35 lakh students
in 1,500 School, Colleges/ Universities have been made aware about Digital
India Programme and its services.
Activities
like competitions for students and teachers, webinar on Digital India,
showcasing on Digital India Film and Education Portals etc. have been
organized, during the week.
g.
STPI
Events - Events
and activities have been organized at more than 70 STPI Centres and associated
IT units across the country and more than 17,000 IT professionals have been
informed about Digital India and e-Services.
Activities
like awareness through audio visuals and discussions, re-cycling the e-Waste by
placing e-waste bins at various locations and campaign on Swacch Digital
Bharat, Cyber Security and hygiene and IT Industry and Trade were undertaken.
h.
NIELIT
Events - Events
and activities have been organized at more than 120 NIELIT Centres across the
country and more than 1.25 lakh citizens have been informed about Digital India
and e-Services.
Activities
like live broadcast of PM’s event at NIELIT centres, classroom sessions on Digital
India Pillars and services, top shows, launch of smart classrooms, cycle rally
etc. have been undertaken.
i.
Industry
Events – Industry
and industry associations organized more than 75 events on Digital India in
which ~ 25,000 IT professional and employees and school students participated.
Awareness
activities through workshops and seminars have been conducted in areas like
Future classrooms, Digital Literacy Programmes, e- Waste Management,
Telemedicine and Tele-consulting, Internet safety, Putting Indian heritage
Online and enabling educators to support education system of future.
j.
Gram
Panchayat Events – These events have been organized in
partnership with Ministry of panchayati raj, Government of India. Till date,
reports have been received of events at more than 1,600 gram panchayats and
participation of ~ 58,000 people. The actual number would be much larger as the
states, during the Video Conference held on 9th July informed
activities in almost all the GPs were carried out.
Some
of the key activities undertaken are Awareness creation on Digital India &
e-Panchayat services, Updation of details on Panchayat websites and other
information portals of Panchayats, Mobile based mapping of Panchayat assets (mAsset),
Digital Literacy Enrolment drive, Competitions among public with incentives and
prizes.
k.
CDAC
Events -
Events and activities have been organized at 16 CDACCentres and more than
10,000 students and IT professionals have been informed about Digital India and
e-Services.
3. Initiatives/Launches
by Central Ministries/ Departments
a.
Department of Telecom -
Pan India Full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) implemented
from July 3rd onwards- helping in Mobile Identity and realising the goal of JAM
Trinity ( Jandhan - Aadhar - Mobile ).
b.
CEO
Roundtable by FICCI with the theme ‘Investment in NexGen
Digital Infrastructure’ was held on 3rd July 2015 which was graced by Hon’ble Minister
of Communications and IT, Government of India as chief guest. Hon’ble Minister
said that the government is working towards Digital Inclusion and that the
private sector has a pivotal role to play in driving the Digital India
programme.
c.
Bharatnet
(NOFN) events– During Digital India Week, Bharat Broadband
Network Limited (BBNL) organised events around Bharatnet (NOFN) at various
locations in 13 states. The activities relating to e-Governance, e-Education,
e-Health, e-Commerce and e-Agriculture were organised where large number of
students and citizens participated.
d.
Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited – launched a number of initiatives such
as BSNL Buzz and Speed Pay under Digital India program during the week. These
initiatives have been launched by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of
Communications and IT. Events and activities were also organized at BSNL Centres
across the country and where BSNL officers, stakeholders and citizens were
informed about Digital India and e-Services.
e.
Centre
for Development of Telematics ( CDOT) – Hon’ble
Minister of Communications and IT, launched the following products as part of
Digital India programme.
·
Solar
powered Wi Fi hot spots
·
Long
Distance Wi Fi System
·
Next
Generation Network in MTNL network
·
100
Gbps Optical Fibre Link System
f.
Ministry
of Rural Development – Under the Digital India Initiatives
Ministry of Rural Development has launched a number of IT services, namely
·
Launch
of mobile monitoring system (MMS) and distribution of 35,000 tablets in
identifying gram panchayats (2,500 blocks)
·
Launch
of online learning portal (OLP) for MNREGA
·
Launch
of MNREGA village view
g.
Ministry
of Agriculture –NDDB has developed an
application called “Pashu Poshan” under Digital India. This application is to
enable dairy farmers balance the ration for their animals taking into account
nutritional requirements and locally available feed material to optimize the
cost of feeding.
·
Newly developed application of INAPH will be available on web
as well as android platform
·
Framer can access application by registration on INAPH Portal
(http://inaph.nddb.coop)
·
INAPH currently covered over 40.87 lakh animals of over 20.23
lakh farmers across more than 21690 villages
h.
Ministry
of Labour and Employment –EPFO has launched
following initiatives under Digital India programme.
·
Universal Account Number (UAN) : 4.64 Crores UAN allocated
·
Online Inoperative Accounts Helpdesk
·
Online Transfer Claim Portal
·
Electronic Challan cum Return
·
Helpdesk for UAN to assist employers and employees with toll
free number 18001 18005
·
Short code SMS service for members who have activated their
UAN number whereby members can send an SMS from their registered mobile
number to 7738299899 to receive PF information in 10 different Indian languages
i.
Ministry
of Commerce & Industries – Ministry has launched the
following initiatives under Digital India program
·
Information
on prices of Jhinga by using missed call/sms services
·
M-agriculture
– launch of mobile app for water resource management for Jhinga cultivation
·
Portal
for online MPED registration for exporters
j.
Ministry
of Panchayati Raj – Many panchayat departments, across
States/UTs initiated their Social Media pages.
4. Social
Media –
An extensive Digital and Social Media campaign was conducted during the Digital
India Week so that netizens, in India and abroad can be made aware of these
programme. Hon’ble Prime Minister also initiated the Digital Dialogue
(#DigitalDialogue) on Twitter, which received very encouraging response from
technocrats and IT professionals. Some of the key highlights are
·
#DigitalDialogue
received 391 million impressions during period of 3 days (4th – 6th
July, 2015)
·
1
Billion impressions on the day of National Event
·
On
Facebook, 1 person joined every second with a total reach of 2.6 Million during
the week.
·
On
Twitter 1 follower added every 4 seconds with 3.6 Million impressions during
the week.
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