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Government of India
Ministry of Electronics & IT
30-November-2018 16:39 IST
Yojana issue on ‘Digital India’ released
Digital India initiatives have gone beyond political barriers. No State or Central Government has opposed the new initiative of Modi Government that has potential to change India. Union Minister of Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad said this today while releasing Yojana Magazine special issue on Digital India. He however added that digital medium has to be safe & secure to ensure equitable spread of its benefits. Sh. Prasad said digital inclusion initiative of the Government is already being acknowledged globally.
The Minister advised I&B officials to have in-depth discussion analysis of data security & privacy aspects of digitalization in the future issue of the magazine. He said in less than five years the Government has made 307 Government services available on Umang platform and efforts are on to bring all Central & State services on this platform. Advances in the communication field have immensely enriched urban people in big cities but those in smaller cities are still dependent on informative platforms like Yojana.
The Yojana is a development monthly magazine devoted to socio-economic issues. It provides a platform for discussion on problems of social and economic development of the country through in-depth analysis of these issues. The magazine is published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
It is published in 13 languages across the nation namely English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya. The Yojana magazine has a subscriber base of over 2 and a half lakhs with a readership extending to over Eight lakhs. Yojana readership includes planners and policymakers as well as aspirants of competitive exams.
The Digital India Programme of the Government aims to transform India into a knowledge-based economy and digitally empowered society by ensuring digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and bridging the digital divide. Digital identity through 122 crore Aadhaar is helping the poor receive the benefits directly into their bank account and has led to a saving of Rs. 90,000 crore. A vast network of more than 3.06 lakh of digital services delivery centres, spread across 2.10 lakh Gram Panchayats, across the country has been created to provide access to more than 300 digital services especially in rural areas at an affordable cost. Over, 1.45 crore people have been imparted training under world largest Digital Literacy Programme i.e. PMGDISHA.
More than 100 BPO units have come up in about 100 small towns of India across 20 States and 2 Union Territories. From 2 units in 2014, now India has 127 units manufacturing mobile handset and components. Promotion of Hardware Manufacturing in the Country has created more than 4.5 lakh jobs opportunities (direct & indirect).
The December issue on Digital India focuses on the initiatives of Digital India leading to digital inclusion and empowerment common person. The articles in the magazine highlight different aspects and domain areas of the digital economy of the country. These have been written by a strong set of authors representing the digital sector. Union Minister of Electronics & IT and Law & Justice. Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Secretary Revenue & CEO UIDAI, Sh. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Sh. R. Chandrasekhar, Former President NASSCOM, Sh. R.S. Sharma, Chairman, TRAI & others have contributed views on the progress in Digital India during the last four years of this Government.
The Power of technologies has grown at a pace far exceeding our ability to leverage them in key social sectors. The new era requires speed: in thought, in action, in governance and regulatory changes, this has been explained by Shri R. Chandrasekhar, the former president of NASSCOM. Shri R. S. Sharma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has pointed out that the regulators have the onerous responsibility of maintaining a balance between encouraging innovation, protecting consumers, creating an environment for orderly growth of the industry as well as address unintended consequences of disruptions. Regulations should be adaptive, collaborative and impact assessment of regulation should be done.
Cybersecurity issues in digitalization and the changing paradigm of Cyber Security and methodological approach has been given by Ms Rama Vedashree, CEO, Data Security Council of India. A special article on Aadhaar as empowerment enabler and a game changer for the poor and for India, by Shri Ajay Bhushan Pandey CEO, UIDAI has also been included in the issue. Aadhaar ensures that the benefits reach directly to the deserving beneficiaries in a hassle-free manner.
It also includes the article on inclusive growth and transformative impact of Digital India leading to ease of living by Ms Simmi Chaudhary, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The dynamics, opportunities and the growth in the Electronic Manufacturing sector of India have been highlighted by Shri Pankaj Mohindroo, Chairman of India Cellular & Electronics Association.
Shri Lalitesh Katragadda, founder of Indihood, Chief Product Adviser for Avanti Finance in his article has shared his idea of how Digital India is at the heart of Poorna Swaraj. The importance of the use and proliferation of language technology for Indian languages in digital devices has been explained by Shri Rajiv Sangal, Professor, Language Technologies Research Centre, IIIT Hyderabad. Rapid advances in IT has revolutionaries the role of libraries, therefore, the needs of digitisation of traditional libraries more and more for the growth and development in education and research is highlighted by Shri Ajit Mondal, Assistant Professor, Head, Department of Education, Surendra nath College for Women, Kolkata.
The magazine provides an apt platform to showcase India’s position in the digital revolution as the country is generating future pathways powered by technology and leading towards Trillion Dollar Digital Economy.
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भारत सरकार
इलेक्ट्रानिक्स एवं आईटी मंत्रालय
30-नवंबर-2018 19:58 IST
‘डिजिटल इंडिया’ पर ‘योजना’ पत्रिका के विशेष अंक का विमोचन
केन्द्रीय इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स एवं सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी और विधि व न्याय मंत्री श्री रविशंकर प्रसाद ने आज नई दिल्ली में ‘डिजिटल इंडिया’ पर ‘योजना’ पत्रिका के विशेष अंक का विमोचन किया। इस अवसर पर उन्होंने कहा कि सरकार की ‘डिजिटल इंडिया’ पहल में भारत में व्यापक बदलाव लाने की असीम क्षमता है। श्री प्रसाद ने कहा कि डिजिटल माध्यम को विश्वसनीय एवं सुरक्षित रखा जाना चाहिए, ताकि सभी को इसका लाभ मिल सके। उन्होंने कहा कि सरकार की डिजिटल समावेशी पहल को विश्व स्तर पर सराहा जा रहा है।
उन्होंने सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय के अधिकारियों को यह सलाह दी कि वे इस पत्रिका के आगामी अंक में डेटा सुरक्षा के गहन परिचर्चा विश्लेषण और डिजिटलीकरण के गोपनीयता पहलुओं के बारे में भी विस्तार से जानकारी दें। उन्होंने कहा कि पांच वर्षों से भी कम की अवधि में सरकार ने ‘उमंग’ प्लेटफॉर्म पर 307 सरकारी सेवाएं उपलब्ध करा दी हैं और इसके साथ ही केन्द्र एवं राज्यों की सभी सेवाओं को भी इस प्लेटफॉर्म पर लाने के प्रयास किए जा रहे हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि संचार क्षेत्र में हुई प्रगति से बड़े शहरों में रहने वाले लोग व्यापक रूप से लाभान्वित हुए हैं, लेकिन छोटे शहरों में रहने वाले लोग अब भी सूचनात्मक या जानकारीपूर्ण प्लेटफार्मों जैसे कि ‘योजना’ पर ही निर्भर हैं।
‘योजना’ विकास से जुड़ी मासिक पत्रिका है जो सामाजिक-आर्थिक मसलों पर केन्द्रित है। इसका प्रकाशन देश भर में 13 भाषाओं यथा अंग्रेजी, हिन्दी, उर्दू, पंजाबी, मराठी, गुजराती, बंगाली, असमिया, तेलुगू, तमिल, कन्नड़, मलयालम और उड़िया में किया जाता है।
सरकार के डिजिटल इंडिया कार्यक्रम का उद्देश्य डिजिटल सुविधाओं तक पहुंच, डिजिटल समावेश एवं डिजिटल सशक्तिकरण सुनिश्चित करने के साथ-साथ डिजिटल खाई को पाट कर भारत को ज्ञान आधारित अर्थव्यवस्था और डिजिटल की दृष्टि से सशक्त समाज में तब्दील करना है। 122 करोड़ ‘आधार’ के जरिए सुनिश्चित की गई डिजिटल पहचान से गरीबों को सीधे अपने बैंक खातों में विभिन्न तरह के लाभ प्राप्त करने में मदद मिल रही है और इससे 90,000 करोड़ रुपये की बचत हुई है।