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Modi launches 'Digital India Week' to empower people via IT
New Delhi, July 1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Wednesday launched the "Digital India Week" as part of the larger
initiative to empower the people and extend services better with the use
of information technology and its tools.
The prime minister also
unveiled a logo for Digital India, an umbrella programme that seeks to
transform India into a digitally-empowered, knowledge economy with a
host of initiatives for a synchronized and coordinated engagement of the
government and its agencies.
Foer this scheme, the prime
minister has already been named chairman of a high-powered monitoring
committee and all existing and ongoing e-governance initiatives will be
revamped to align them with the larger principles of "Digital India",
according to an official statement.
The larger goal of Digital
India includes broadband connectivity in all panchayats, Wi-fi in all
the schools and universities and public wi-fi hotspots in all important
cities by 2019. It will be deployed in delivering services in areas like
health, education, agriculture and banking.
The vision is centred on three key areas:
- Digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen
- Governance and service on Demand
- Digital empowerment of Citizens