1. A presentation on journey of “Digital Transformation of India: Digital India” to the Governmental Advisory Committee
ICANN 57, Hyderbad 06 Nov 2016

2. India 1
India No. 1 outsourcing destination in the world ; 56% share of sourcing business 2
3rd largest start-up community in the world; More than 4,200 startups 3
IT-BPM is the largest private sector employer in the country, 3.7 Mn people employed
More than 75% fortune 500 companies as customers
Presence in 78 countries services through 670 offshore development centres in 50 delivery locations
More than 250k skilled employees in emerging digital technologies (analytics, big data, mobile IoT etc)
Digital Hub
Connected Economy
Maturity
High Volume Employable Talent
1 billion mobiles (300 million use internet)
More than 6 Mn graduates / yesr

3. India: Yet lagging in use of digital technology
PARAMETER
GLOBAL
INDIA
Percentage of households with computer
43.63
12.96
Percentage of households with Internet access
43.94
15.33
Percentage of individuals using the Internet
40.57
18.00
Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
37.20
5.52
Rank in ICT Development Index (2015)
107 (out of 167)
Rank in e-Government Index (2016)
131 (out of 193)
Rank in Global Connectivity Index (2016)
44 (out of 50)

4. Vision of Digital India
A PROGRAMME TO TRANSFORM INDIA INTO A DIGITALLY EMPOWERED SOCIETY AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
Digital Empowerment of Citizens
Governance & Services on Demand
Centered on 3 Key Areas

5. Digital Infrastructure: universal, affordable, ubiquitous

6. Optical Fibre to Every Village: BharatNet
Access Across India
WORLD’S LARGEST RURAL BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM
250K Network PoPs, covering 600 K villages
$ 5 Bn government investment
250K Wi-Fi hot spots free access one hour/day
Non-Discriminatory access for all
OFC Laid (KM)
June, 2014
Sep, 2016
Dec, 2018
358
133K
1 Mn
For more information visit:

7. Affordable access in every village: Common Service Centres
WORLD’S BIGGEST DIGITAL KIOSK PROGRAM
Aadhar Card
Utility Bill Payments
Digital Literacy
Certificates
Exam Results
Land Records
e-Banking
250K CSCs, one in every Panchayat
PPP Model, managed by Village Level Entrepreneurs
500K employment generated
More than 114 services offered
More than 1 Mn Txns / Day
For more information visit:

8. Universal Digital Identity: Aadhaar
WORLD’S LARGEST BIOMETRIC DATABASE
1.06 Bn biometric identities issued
Adult population coverage: ~ 99%
Less than $2 cost for issue and near zero for authentication
0.73
1.06
1.30
Aadhar Coverage in Bn.
2014
2016
2017
More than 5 Mn Txns / Day
Savings of ~ $ 1 Bn / Year
For more information visit:

9. Unique Digital Signature: eSign
INDIA’S OWN DIGITAL SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY
Marginal cost of less than 0.01 $/signature
Legally tenable; recognized under India Information Technology Act
1.66
Ecosytem growing by the day
0.4
Transactions (mn.)
2015
2016

10. Moving to Paperless Transactions: Digital Locker
17 AGENCIES ISSUING DOCUMENTS TO CITIZENS VIA DIGITAL LOCKER
20 TYPES OF DOCUMENTS – AADHAR, DRIVING LICENSE, PASSPORT, PAN, VOTER ID INTEGRATED
2.5 1
DigiLocker (users-mn.)
For more information:
Dec, 2015
Aug, 2016

11. Cashless: Promoting e-payments
WORLD’S LARGEST FINANCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAM
Jandhan: 250 Million new accounts
100% Government payments to be e-payments (BharatKosh, payGov, PFMS)
Indian digital payments market is set to grow by 10 times in the next four years to be $500 Bn or 15% of the country's GDP
For more information visit:

12. Open Data TRANSPARENCY, PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT
Publish datasets, documents, services, tools and applications
Open for public and commercial use
Global ranking: 17 out of 122 in Open Data Index
Source: Global open data index:
For more information visit:

13. Cloud COMPUTING - ANYTIME, ANYWHERE Cloud First Policy 444
MEGHRAJ
444 Applications on NIC cloud; 7,300 virtual servers 66
Encourage private Cloud use for Government data: 11 CSPs empanelled
MEGHRAJ
No. of applications on NIC cloud
For more information:
2014
2016

14. IoT driven Smart Cities
100 SMART CITIES PLANNED
Forecasted experience
in Smart City cities
Low theft,
Lower carbon emissions
Round the clock water supply
higher collections for the provider
Better traffic flow
Low pollution
Lower instances of medical errors
Simplified and efficient government – citizen/ business interactions
Higher awareness and dedicated efforts for sustainability through IBMS
Unified city view
Planned Features of Indian Smart Cities:
Housing and inclusiveness
Creating walkable localities
Preserving and developing open spaces
Promoting mixed land use
Multi-modal transport
Making governance citizen-friendly and cost effective
Giving an identity to the city
Applying Smart Solutions to infrastructure and services
For more information visit:

15. Digital Services: faceless paperless cashless

16. Agriculture: e-National Agricultural Market
UNIFYING 585 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETS IN 12 STATES
79 Markets in 9 States already integrated
No intermediaries
Transparent sale transactions and price discovery
Non-Discriminatory access for all
For more information visit:

17. Direct Benefit Transfer
900 MN. BENEFICIARIES TARGETED
Direct payment of benefits to beneficiaries account
Over 325 Mn. Beneficiaries already integrated
Encompasses 78 schemes & counting
Over USD 5 Billion disbursed
De-duplication of Beneficiaries
Reduction of fraud 78
Schemes 59
Schemes 35
Schemes
31 Mar 15
31 Mar 16
30 Sep 16

18. Transforming Government procurement
Launched in July 2016
End to end procurement cycle
Minimal human intervention
Leveraging e-commerce technology for Government procurement
Transparent and ease of buying
For more information visit:

19. e-Courts 350 Mn. transactions per year
24 HIGH COURTS, 600 DISTRICT COURTS AND OVER 16K SUBORDINATE COURTS
ICT enablement of Judiciary
Encompasses Higher & Lower Judiciary
350 Mn. transactions per year
Online search & tracking of cases
Access to Judgements
For more information visit:

20. Goods & Services Tax Network
WORLD’S BIGGEST, MOST COMPLEX TAX SYSTEM
Over 9 Mn. Assessees
Platform for Goods and Service Tax Network
One Country, One Indirect Tax
Excise, service tax and other local levies subsumed
Harmonization of business processes
Business Analytics
For more information visit:

21. Income Tax e-Filing MANDATORY E-FILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS
India has nearly 74 Mn. Assessees
Income Tax Act amended for enabling end-to-end online filing
Started initially in

22. Mobile-governance m-App Store 7.7 billion app downloads by 2016
979 APPLICATIONS LIVE
Mobile-based delivery and access of ALL public services
Multiple mobile based channels
m-App Store
7.7 billion app downloads by 2016
20.1 billion app downloads by 2020

23. Indian Railways Ticketing Platform
OVER 15 MN. TRANSACTIONS PER MONTH
Biggest e-commerce portal in Government
E-ticketing was first introduced in India in 2002
Sold 200 mn. tickets in up from 183 mn. in
E-ticketing accounted for 43 per cent of its income

24. Digital Empowerment: E-participation

25. Participative Governance: MyGov
3.8 MN. SUBSCRIBERS 183K CONTRIBUTIONS
Citizen Engagement & Participation
Crowd-sourcing for good governance
Citizen Consultations & feedback
For more information visit:

26. Digital Literacy: Disha
REACHING OUT TO 65 MN. & OVER 8 MN. TRAINED
Launched in 2014
Empowering all to be included in digital society
Focus on rural areas
Online examinations enabled with digital certificates
For more information visit:

27. Local Language Enablement
22 OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED LOCAL LANGUAGES
11 Languages have over 30 Mn. native users
35% growth in Internet user base due to local language content
Need for greater technology development in local language
For more information visit:

28. Digital India: Impact

29. Growth of Internet and Data users last 2 years
53% increase in internet users in 2 years
115% increase in data users in 2 years
For more information visit:

30. Digital India – Impact so far
UNITED NATIONS E-GOVERNMENT SURVEY 2016
Global benchmarks show marked improvement in India’s global e-Governance ranking since 2014…

31. Transforming India DIGITAL INDIA