5 Year of Digital India and PM Modi "Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan"

On the completion of 5 years of India's "Digital India" program, the Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology has said that the digital journey has focused on empowerment, inclusion and digital transformation and its positive impact can be felt in all aspects of the lives of Indian citizens.

key points:

1)  On this occasion, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, while describing the achievements of JAM Trinity- Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile, said that in the COVID-19 pandemic also, due to the Digital India program, people can work from home; Making digital payments; Students get education from TV, mobile, laptop; Patients are able to take tele-counseling and farmers in remote areas of India can directly avail the benefits of PM-KISAN scheme in their bank accounts.

2) Digital India program led to Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Transfer, Common Service Center, DigiLocker, Mobile Based Umang (UMANG) Services, Participation in Governance through MyGov, Ayushman Bharat, E-Hospital, PM-Kisan, E-Naam, Soil Health Card , SWAYAM, SWAYAM PRABHA, through National Scholarship Portal, e-Pathshala, etc. have positively affected all aspects of the lives of Indian citizens.

3) The National AI Portal and the Responsible AI for Youth were recently launched to lay the foundation for an AI-driven future.

4) The Digital India program has also played an important role during COVID-19 status such as Arogya Setu, e-Sanjeevani, sanitization and English NewsPaper social media platforms through MyGov etc.

PM Modi's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan', according to his party's original concept, is an ambitious project aimed not at fighting the ill effects of the Covid-19 epidemic, but rebuilding India of the future.PM has spoken about optimum use of technology. His government has taken some right steps which include adopting state-of-the-art technology and increasing the use of digital technology in the society. It can prove to be the driver of the economy.

Role of Digital India program during COVID-19 epidemic:

• Arogya Setu has been developed in 3 weeks with 12 Indian languages under Digital India program during COVID-19 status which has so far been downloaded by nearly 13 crore people. This app has identified more than 350 COVID-19 hotspots.

• The MyGov website and social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin have played an important role in making citizens aware of the medium of graphics, videos, quotes for social media to deal with COVID-19.

• It is noteworthy that the Government of India is promoting digital literacy at the rural and urban levels to promote the Digital India program so that it can move rapidly from 'traditional economy' to 'digital economy'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched self-reliant India Innovation Challenge, taking further steps towards Digital and Self-Reliant India.The NITI Aayog, in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Atal Innovation Mission, has launched the Digital India Self-Reliant India Innovation Challenge, under which you will have to create mobile games, social media LATEST NEWS and photo-video editing apps . Under this challenge a maximum reward of up to Rs 20 lakh will be available. The mantra for this challenge is 'Make in India for India and the World'.

Here are diffrent categories:-

Office Productivity and Work from Home
social networking
E-learning
Entertainment
Health and wellness
Agritech and Fintech
News
Games

Sub-categories of Self-reliant India Innovation Challenge

• A facial recognition / body mapping app that allows people to virtually try on matching clothes and eyeglass frames before purchasing.
• Real-time speech-to-speech translation and camera translation app
• Mobile App for Cloud Email
• Image scan, image editing and text recognition app
• Apps that facilitate cloud storage that also have the facility to transfer files
• Anti-virus app for mobile device
• Mobile device cache clearing app
• Mobile app for video conferencing
• Apps for messaging and video calling
• App for micro blogging
• News app equipped with machine learning
• Mapping app
• Mobile based online gaming platform
• Photo editing app equipped with all facilities

Being "Digital-India" or "Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan" or "Self-reliant India Campaign" is, in the real sense of the term, the recognition and promotion of the intrinsic strength of Indian entrepreneurship waiting to be freed from the shackles of inextricable tangles of land, labour, liquidity and laws as PM Modi pointed out. Swadeshi should be reinterpreted as a bridge between robust localisation and inevitable globalisation, complementary to one another and not diametrically opposed.

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