Digital India project was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1st of July in 2015.

It is an
effective scheme to transform India for better growth and development of the people and country.
Digital India week (from 1st July to 7th July) was inaugurated by the PM on Wednesday in the
presence of senior ministerial colleagues and leading companies CEOs. It aims to give India a digital
push for good governance and more jobs. The PM of India has tried his best towards digitizing
campaign for India in order to bridge the gap between government services and people. Digitization
was the need to be implemented in India for bright future and grow more than any other developed
country. The digital India campaign has many benefits such as
It makes possible the implementation of digital locker system which in turn reduces paper work by minimizing
the usage of physical documents as well as enabling e-sharing through registered repositories.

It is an effective online platform which may engage people in governance through various approaches like
Discuss, Do and Disseminate.

It ensures the achievement of various online goals set by the government.

It makes possible for people to submit their documents and certificates online anywhere which reduces
physical work.

Through e-Sign framework citizens may digitally sign their documents online.

It may ease the important health care services through e-Hospital system such as online registration, taking
doctor appointments, fee payment, online diagnostic tests, blood check-up, etc.

It provides benefits to the beneficiaries through National Scholarship Portal by allowing submission of
application, verification process, sanction and then disbursal.

It is a big platform which facilitates an efficient delivery of government or private services all over the country
to its citizens.

Bharat Net programe (a high-speed digital highway) will connect almost 250,000 gram panchayats of country.

There is a plan of outsourcing policy also to help in the digital India initiative.

For better management of online services on mobile such as voice, data, multimedia, etc, BSNLs Next
Generation Network will replace 30-year old telephone exchange.

National Centre for Flexible Electronics will help in the promotion of flexible electronics.
 Large scale deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots has been planned by the BSNL all across the country.

There is a Broadband Highways in order to handle all the connectivity related issues.

Open access of broadband highways in all the cities, towns and villages will make possible the availability of
world-class services on the click of mouse.

Government of India has launch the Digital India campaign to develop a digitally
empowered society and to digitally integrate the government departments and the
citizens of India. It aims at ensuring the government services are made available to
people of India electronically. Digital India programme is centered on three key vision
areas:

1.Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen: Availability of high speed internet as

a core utility for delivery of services to citizens .Cradle to grave digital identity that is
unique, lifelong, online and authenticable to every citizen. Mobile phone & bank account
enabling citizen participation in digital & financial space. Easy access to a Common
Service Centre Shareable private space on a public cloud .Safe and secure cyber-
space.

2.Governance & Services on Demand: Seamlessly integrated services across

departments or jurisdictions. Availability of services in real time from online & mobile
platforms. All citizen entitlements to be portable and available on the cloud. Digitally
transformed services for improving ease of doing business .Making financial
transactions electronic & cashless. Leveraging Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)
for decision support systems & development.

3.Digital Empowerment of Citizens: Universal digital literacy. Universally accessible

digital resources. Availability of digital resources / services in Indian languages .
Collaborative digital platforms for participative governance .Citizens not required to
physically submit Govt. documents / certificates.

In line with these objectives, the government has launched some inititaives.

Government also launched a digital locker under the name "Digi Locker".Digital Locker
System aims to minimize the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-
documents across agencies. MyGov.in has been implemented as a innovative platform
to build a partnership between citizen and goverment. Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)
Mobile app would be used by people and Government organizations for achieving the
goals of Swachh Bharat Mission. eSign framework would allow citizens to digitally sign
a document online using Aadhaar authentication. National Scholarships Portal is said
to be a one stop solution for end to end scholarship process right from submission of
student application, verification, sanction and disbursal to end beneficiary for all the
scholarships provided by the Government of India.The Government of India has
undertaken an initiative namely Bharat Net, a high speed digital highway project using
optical fibre to connect lakhs of Gram Panchayats of country.
 The Digital India initiative is a promising initiative of the Indian Government. There are
some challenges also for this project like capital , awareness etc. If Digital India will get
implemented successfully then it will boost the development of India.
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"Digital India "
From 1st to 7th of July , we are having " Digital week" in India. Digital India is a
project undertaken by the government of India , which aims to transform India
into a digitally empowered and knowledgeable state.
Digital India is actually a project interwoven among the various departments of
the government - Education , Agriculture , IT etc.

Headed and proposed by the ' Communications and Information technology '
ministry, the Digital India project surely promises bright returns.Once D I ( Digital
India ) is properly implemented, it'll be a golden transformation for India.
Initial plans of the government state that the D I project will be connecting
250,000 villages , suburbs etc with high speed internet connection.
The "Bharat Broadband Network Limited" ( BBNL) will be playing a crucial role in
this.
Digitalisation of data will make things much more efficient and fast, paper work
will rapidly decline as well. Also the ties between the government, private sectors
and the public will get way stronger this way.
With a huge number of villages connected via internet, our villages will undergo
a huge change from so called backward regions to digitally equiped areas.
Whereas the already high- tech towns and cities will get even more tech savvy.

Scheduled to be completed by 2019. many of the leading companies have already

invested heavily in this mission. Ambani has recently declared that reliance will
invest 2.5 lac crore in DI.
Following stand as Digital India programme's most important and primary
objectives-
i) Broadband Highways
ii) Universal Access to mobile phones
iii) Public's Internet Access Programme
iv) e-Governance Reforming government through Technology
v) e-Kranti Electronic delivery of services
vi) Information for All
vii) Electronics Manufacturing Target NET ZERO Imports
viii) IT for Jobs
ix) Early Harvest Programmes.
Every single Indian is looking forward to this mission.
However some other issues need to be resolved before the D I can be executed.
Lack of legal framework, absence of privacy and data protection laws, civil
liberties abuse possibilities, lack of parliamentary oversight for e-surveillance in
India, insecure Indian cyberspace, etc can be major hurdles in the path to Digital
India. These shortcomings need to be solved before hand.

Till November,2015 Digital India project will be progress mode, after that , very
soon we'll be living in a Digital India of our dreams.

Agriculture is the main occupation in India. Two-third of population is

dependent on agriculture directly or indirectly.

It is not merely a source of livelihood but a way of life. It is the main

source of food, fodder and fuel. It is the basic foundation of economic
development.

Agriculture provides highest contribution to national income.

Agriculture needed top most priority because the Govt. and the
nation would both fail to succeed if agriculture could not be
successful

Literally speaking agriculture means the production of crops and live

stock on a farm. Generally speaking, agriculture is cultivation of crops.
In Economics, agriculture means cultivation of crops along with
animal husbandry, poultry, dairy farming, fishing and even forestry.
Agriculture is the back bone of our economy. Agriculture is important
not only from economic point of view but has deep rooted influence on
our social, political and cultural life. In the words of Jawahar Lal
Nehru, Agriculture needed top most priority because the Govt. and
the nation would both fail to succeed if agriculture could not be
successful

The following points explain the significance of agriculture:

(i) Contribution to National Income:
Contribution to national income from agriculture, forests and other
primary activities is 24%. In 1950-51 contribution of agricultural
sector to national income was 59% and in 2004-05, it came down to
24.4%. Contribution of agricultural sector in national income is
considerable. In rich countries the agriculture is quite developed but
contribution is very little. In USA agriculture contributes only 2%. In
under-developed countries like India, contribution of agriculture is
national income was 27%.

(ii) Main source of Food:

Agriculture provides food for Nation. Before 1947, we had acute food
shortage but after 1969 Green Revolution in agriculture has made us
self sufficient in food production. In 2003-04, production of rice was
870 lakh metric tonnes and of wheat 721 lakh metric tonnes.

(iii) Agriculture and Industrial development:

For industrial development, agriculture plays active role. It provides
essential raw materials to many industries like cotton textiles, jute,
sugar, vegetables, oil, tinned food, Cigarettes and rubber etc.

(iv) Sources of Revenue:

ADVERTISEMENTS:

Land revenue, excise duty on agro-based goods, taxes on production

and sale of agricultural machinery forms a goods part of sources of
Govt. Revenue.

(v) Source of Foreign trade:

Foreign trade is associated with agriculture. We export tea, tobacco,
spices and coffee etc. Other agricultural exports include cotton,
textiles, jute goods and sugar etc. So total share of agricultural exports
becomes 70%.

(vi) Transport:
Means of transport are required for transporting food grains from
farms to consumers and agricultural raw materials to markets and
factories. Transport is also needed for taking chemical fertilizers,
seeds, diesel and agricultural equipment from markets and factories to
villages and farms.

(vii) Source of saving:

Green revolution has increased the production manifold and farmers
become rich. The additional income earned by these farmers can be
saved and invested in Banks.

(viii) Capital formation:

Agriculture also helps in capital formation. Surplus income from
agriculture production can be invested in other sources like banks,
shares etc. Use of tractors and harvesters increase capital formation.

(ix) International importance:

India ranks top position in production of groundnuts and sugarcane.
It has second position in production of rice and staple cotton. It has
third position in production of tobacco. Our agricultural universities
are working as role model for other developing nations.

(x) Way of life:

Agriculture in India is not only a source of livelihood but has become a
way life. Our fairs, festivals and customs are influenced by agriculture.
In politics; too, agricultural community has say.

(xi) Effect on prices:

Sufficient production of food grains will bring stability in prices of
food grains. This brings stability in cost of living and wages also.
Agriculture influences the price level. So increased production of
agriculture keeps the price stable.

(xii) Source of labour supply:

Agriculture is the main occupation in India. Majority of people live in
villages. So labour force in various sectors like police, defence and
industries is provided by villages disguised unemployment present in
agricultural sector can be used as source of supply for other sectors.

(xiii) Economic development:

India is agricultural state. 71% people live in villages and most of these
depend on agriculture. So development of agriculture gives boost is
economy. Progress of industry, trade and transport is impossible
without progress of agriculture. Stability of prices also depends on
agriculture growth.