1. Security Challenges for Digital India Program
- Vimal Wakhlu
PTC Foundation
24th March 2017

2. Contents Components of Digital India Program
Challenges India is faced with
Security Challenges
Challenges mitigated
Way forward

3. Components of Digital India
Unique lifelong Identity –Aadhar
Financial inclusion- Jan Dhan Yojana
Electronic and Cashless Financial Transactions- BHIM
Connected people -High Speed Internet
Sharable private Space on Public Cloud
Seamless Integrated Governance across departments
Services real time on line and mobile platform
Digital Access of Services- Ease of doing business
Leveraging GIS for DSS and development

4. Components of Digital India
Universal Digital Literacy
Universal access to Digital Resources
Digital Resources and Services in local Indian Languages
Documents / Certificates on cloud
Collaborative Digital Platforms for Participative Governance
Portability of entitlements through cloud
National Information Infrastructure
Smart Cities
Smart Buildings
Integration of Services and Platforms

5. Challenges facing India –Socio economic
Corruption/
Evasion of Taxes
Black money generation
India high on International corruption index
Bad name / Scares away genuine investor
Dependence on Government jobs/ Jobs created though government Schemes
Government forced to invest into infrastructure projects with its own limited resources
Poor employment opportunities
Low economic growth
Poor and weaker sections of the society have remained where they were in the last 70 years

6. Challenges facing India –Socio economic
Corruption
Evasion of Taxes
Black money generation
Investment into Real Estate
Housing prices go through the roof !
Low economic growth Struggle to find / retain jobs
Middle class gets stressed
Poor infrastructure
Get reasons for not paying taxes
Lower Tax base
Government imposes more taxes on limited no. of tax payers
Despite 70 years of freedom
India continues to be a Developing Nation

7. Recent Government of India remedial measures
Demonetization of higher value currency
Release of unaccounted stashed cash into economic activity
Higher revenues for the government
Widening of tax base
Cashless transactions
BHIM
Accountability
Reduced Tax evasion
Widening of Tax base

8. Recent Government of India remedial measures
Benami Property Act
All properties, new and old to be e-Registered
PAN details and Aadhar no. essential for registration
Sources of income for the property to be justified
Benami property becomes government property
A large section of people forced to pay tax
GST
Single tax in whole country
Taxation at the final point only- no tax evasion
Prices of finished goods likely to fall
Widening of tax base

9. Recent Government of India remedial measures
Direct Cash transfer
Benefit directly to the BPL citizens
Reduced corruption
Reduced burden on the tax payer’s money
More money for the government to spend on other productive projects
These remedial measures implemented seriously have the potential of transforming India in a big way !

10. Security challenges Defense – shut down of the defense system Power
– Smart Grids can be hacked
Smart Cities
–can be sabotaged
Bank Accounts
- unscrupulous bank employees
Health Services
- Stealing /manipulation of individual health records

11. Security challenges Education - National Digital Library Agriculture
- IoT in agriculture for improved productivity
Disasters
Creation of manmade disasters
Homeland security
- Breach on Informatics

12. Cyber Security challenges
Threat from enemies
Hacking of defense networks
Paralyzing Police networks in affected areas
Bigger threat
-from within the country
Bank employees being used as a tool
- Creation of multiple accounts with the same ID
People with black money
-Funding hacking of Income Tax sites /Enforcement Directorate sites

13. Mitigation of cyber security challenges
Big Data Analytics
Tracking unusual activities on financial portals
Tracking other activities and finding corelations
Educating public
- Locking phone screens – protect e-wallets
- Norms for responding to responding to calls/ enquiries
Control over Internet
- Root servers in India
Use of Intranets

14. Conclusions
Digital India holds a promise of
A Skilled Young India
Educated India
A well Governed India
A financially inclusive India
Self reliant India
Addressing Security challenges is of prime importance in ensuring its success
A Developed India !
A World Leader !