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MINIMUM GOVERNMENT
MAXIMUM GOVERNANCE
Digital is an important part of this
mantra which was adopted to facilitate
the lives of ordinary citizens and to
liberate them from the web of forms
1,842 Archaic laws
were repealed
Pace of work was sped up by restructuring
departments, schemes and ministries.
Interviews in jobs below a certain level were
eliminated and arrangement was made
for self-certification in place of document
verification. Direct dialogue started with
public through digital forum
Facilities like Umang Whether it is the provision Migrant Labour
App, DigiLocker have of refunds or the appeal of A national database is
provided simple and IT returns, everything is now being created for migrant
transparent digital faceless, attacking corruption and labourers, alongwith
system to people providing a big relief to taxpayers reforms in labour code
06 DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATION CONSUMER RIGHTS DIGITAL
Crore people are being made Now, digital certification is Consumers can now file a
facilitated to give life certification
complaint easily through
digitally literate under the
Prime Minister’s Rural Digital for obtaining pension after Consumer Community, GAMA
Literacy Campaign retirement Portal and Confonet App
OPTICAL FIBRE REACHING EVERY VILLAGE
The progress of villages can be gauged A target has been set to 3.74 Lakh Common
from the fact that in today’s New India lay optical fibre in all the 6 Service Centre (CSC)
Lakh villages of the country
there are more internet users in villages have digital facility for
various Government
as compared to cities. Due to underwater Optical fibre 1.58 Lakh services
optical fibre cable connectivity in Andaman installed in villages
and Nicobar Islands, 4G mobile services on
these islands will promote digital services
like tele-education, telehealth, e-governance
services and tourism on islands. It has cost
about Rs 1,224 Crore.
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