Keyword: Digital India, Narendra Modi, COVID-19
Digital India bridged gap between development and amenities in Rural, Urban India: PM Modi
On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised how revolutionary the Digital India campaign’s use of technology has made India an example of a digitally empowered government.
Speaking to a crowd in Gandhinagar after kicking off Digital India Week 2022, Prime Minister Modi discussed how to adapt new technology to changing demands. He added, “Digital India is an example of how the innovative application of technology can benefit the entire human race” He continued, “I am delighted that this initiative (Digital India), which began eight years ago, has been growing with the times.”
Advantages of Digital India:
PM Modi declared “Today, I am glad to report that India is not only a participant in the Industry Revolution 4.0, but it is also driving it.”
All of these programs, according to the prime minister, will speed up India’s Techade and boost the startup ecosystem there.
“From acquiring a pension to getting a birth certificate, procedures that once taken weeks may now be done within hours,” he remarked, describing the myriad ways in which Digital India has improved the comfort of living for inhabitants.
We used to have to wait in lines (queues) for everything eight to ten years ago. For bill payment, ration, admittance, exam results, certificates, and bank transactions, we had to wait in line. How many lines did we once have to wait in? By moving online, India has eliminated all lineups, he claimed.
Leadership by example and leading from the front, he added, had made it feasible for digital platforms like Aadhaar, UPI, and others to be adopted.
If India does not adopt contemporary technologies, it would fall behind the times”. This occurred throughout the nation during the third industrial revolution, according to Modi. He also praised India for having the lowest data costs in the world, saying that “people’ lives have been revolutionized by internet penetration.”
Modi stated at the occasion that the central government’s flagship initiative, Digital India, has helped the poor get respite from corruption and is trying to get rid of intermediaries in all fields.
The saying “Time is money” has been thrown about a lot.
We have helped citizens save time, he said, by making it simple to access a variety of Digital India services.
India is getting Digital
Speaking on how Immediate Benefit Transfer (IBT) in welfare schemes allowed for the direct transfer of Rs. 23 lakh crore to the recipients’ bank accounts About 2.25 lakh crore of rupees have been kept out of the wrong hands because to this technology, he claimed.
The Prime Minister praised the Common Service Centers for being crucial in bringing e-commerce and government services to the people, saying that “Digital India has bridged the gap between development and amenities in rural and urban India.”
He added that the digital infrastructure put in place over the last eight years was crucial in aiding India in its fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking of his detractors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that although the entire world was focusing on how India was able to issue certificates to individuals quickly following their vaccination against Covid-19, some people were only interested in why his picture was on these documents. Without using his name, Modi also slammed former finance minister and Congressman P Chidambaram for rejecting a motion in Parliament to promote online payment methods like UPI (Unified Payments Interface).
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, the potential that the Digital India initiative has been able to develop in the nation over the previous eight years has been extremely helpful, PM Modi said“.
We were able to oversee the greatest COVID-19 vaccination and relief programs ever as a result of it.” PM Modi remarked. He claimed that during the pandemic, technology was helpful in bringing relief to the most vulnerable members of society.
During the pandemic, crores of rupees has been transferred into the bank accounts of women, farmers, and labourer’s. Free rations are given out to 80 crore people in the country with the aid of the “one nation, one ration card,” the PM stated. Modi claimed that the digitally driven Covid-19 vaccination program in India, which used “CoWin as its technology platform, had won plaudits from all over the world.
