Digital India Week 2022

Prime Minister inaugurates Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Aim of the program – Enhancing the accessibility of technology, streamlining service delivery to ensure ease of living, and giving a boost to startups.
Theme – Catalyzing New India’s Techade.

Digital India Bhashini

This will facilitate simple voice-based access to digital services and the internet in Indian languages, as well as aid in the production of content in vernacular languages.

‘Digital India GENESIS’

It serves as a national deep-tech startup platform for Tier II and Tier III Indian cities(underdeveloped) in order to find, nurture, and create successful firms.

‘India Stack.Global’

It is a global repository of key projects implemented under India Stack like Aadhaar, UPI, Digilocker, Cowin Vaccination Platform, Government e MarketPlace, DIKSHA Platform, and Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission.
This contribution from India to the Global Public Digital Goods Repository would assist establish India as the pioneer in developing large-scale Digital Transformation projects.
Other nations seeking these technological solutions will find it to be of great assistance.

‘MyScheme’

It is a portal for finding services that make access to government programs easier.
It aims to provide a one-stop search and discovery site where users can find schemes that they are eligible for.

‘Meri Pehchaan’- National Single Sign-On (NSSO) for One Citizen Login

It is a user authentication service in which a single set of credentials can grant access to numerous web applications or services with National Single Sign-On, a user authentication service.

Chips to Startup Programme

The C2S Programme aims to train specialised manpower in the area of design of semiconductor chips at Bachelors, Masters, and Research levels.

Aim – Digital India is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Launched in 2015
A number of significant government initiatives, including BharatNet, Make in India, Startup India, Standup India, industrial corridors, etc., have access to the program.
Objectives:
- To prepare India for a knowledgeable future.
- For being transformative that is to realise IT (Indian Talent) + IT (Information Technology) = IT (India Tomorrow).
- Making technology central to enabling change.

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Sakshartha Abhiyaan (PMGDISHA)
- It aims to bridge the digital divide, specifically targetting the rural population including the marginalised sections of society like Scheduled Castes (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST), Minorities, Below Poverty Line (BPL), women and differently-abled persons, and minorities.
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
- PMJDY is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion encompassing an integrated approach to bring about comprehensive financial inclusion for all the households in the country.
- The plan envisages universal access to banking facilities, at least one basic banking account in every household, financial literacy, and access to credit, insurance, and pension facility.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana(PMKVY)
- The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.

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